Consistency in formulation of spin current and torque associated with a variance of angular momentum |
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Authors: | Wang Yong Xia Ke Su Zhao-Bin Ma Zhongshui |
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Institution: | Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China. |
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Abstract: | Based on the Noether's theorem, we develop systematically and rigorously the spin-dependent formulation of the conservation laws. The effect of the electronic polarization due to the spin-orbit coupling is included in the Maxwell equations. The polarization is related to the antisymmetric components of spin current, and it provides a possibility to measure the spin current directly. The variances of spin and orbit angular momentum currents imply a torque on the "electric dipole" associated with the moving electron. The dependencies of the torque on the polarization and the force on the motions of spin-polarized electrons in a two-dimensional electron gas with the Rashba spin-orbit coupling are discussed. |
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