Spin-dependent transport in four-terminal rings in the presence of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling |
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Affiliation: | College of Physics & Information Engineering and Hebei Advanced Thin Film Laboratory, Hebei Normal University, No. 20, South 2nd Ring Road, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, People''s Republic of China |
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Abstract: | Spin dependent transport in one-dimensional four-terminal rings (FTRs) is investigated in the presence of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling (RSOC). In the absence of the RSOC, the conductances as a function of the electron wave vector show resonant behavior for symmetrical configurations. For asymmetrical configurations, the conductances show peculiar zero-conductance resonances, and two kinds of conductance zeros have been found. In the presence of the RSOC, the original conductance zeros disappear as new conductance zeros are generated. Moreover, two kinds of symmetry relations have been found in the conductances, the spin dependent conductances and the spin polarizations. For the FTRs with axial or central symmetry, the phase-locking effect has been found in terminal 2, where there is no spin polarization. Under a weak magnetic field, the Zeeman term is treated by a perturbation, and it is found that the Zeeman effect is obvious for weak RSOC. |
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Keywords: | Spin dependent transport Four-terminal rings Rashba spin-orbit coupling Zero-conductance resonances Magnetic field Zeeman effect |
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