505 research outputs found
Frequency doubling and memory effects in the Spin Hall Effect
We predict that when an alternating voltage is applied to a semiconducting
system with inhomogeneous electron density in the direction perpendicular to
main current flow, the spin Hall effect results in a transverse voltage
containing a double-frequency component. We also demonstrate that there is a
phase shift between applied and transverse voltage oscillations, related to the
general memristive behavior of semiconductor spintronic systems. A different
method to achieve frequency doubling based on the inverse spin Hall effect is
also discussed
Magnetoresistance due to edge spin accumulation
Because of spin-orbit interaction, an electrical current is accompanied by a
spin current resulting in spin accumulation near the sample edges. Due again to
spin-orbit interaction this causes a small decrease of the sample resistance.
An applied magnetic field will destroy the edge spin polarization leading to a
positive magnetoresistance. This effect provides means to study spin
accumulation by electrical measurements. The origin and the general properties
of the phenomenological equations describing coupling between charge and spin
currents are also discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures. Minor corrections corresponding to the published
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Pure spin photocurrents in low-dimensional structures
As is well known the absorption of circularly polarized light in
semiconductors results in optical orientation of electron spins and
helicity-dependent electric photocurrent, and the absorption of linearly
polarized light is accompanied by optical alignment of electron momenta. Here
we show that the absorption of unpolarized light leads to generation of a pure
spin current, although both the average electron spin and electric current
vanish. We demonstrate this for direct interband and intersubband as well as
indirect intraband (Drude-like) optical transitions in semiconductor quantum
wells (QWs).Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Prediction of Large Events on a Dynamical Model of a Fault
We present results for long term and intermediate term prediction algorithms
applied to a simple mechanical model of a fault. We use long term prediction
methods based, for example, on the distribution of repeat times between large
events to establish a benchmark for predictability in the model. In comparison,
intermediate term prediction techniques, analogous to the pattern recognition
algorithms CN and M8 introduced and studied by Keilis-Borok et al., are more
effective at predicting coming large events. We consider the implications of
several different quality functions Q which can be used to optimize the
algorithms with respect to features such as space, time, and magnitude windows,
and find that our results are not overly sensitive to variations in these
algorithm parameters. We also study the intrinsic uncertainties associated with
seismicity catalogs of restricted lengths.Comment: 33 pages, plain.tex with special macros include
Spin Accumulation at Ferromagnet/Non-magnetic Material Interfaces
Many proposed and realized spintronic devices involve spin injection and
accumulation at an interface between a ferromagnet and a non-magnetic material.
We examine the electric field, voltage profile, charge distribution, spin
fluxes, and spin accumulation at such an interface. We include the effects of
both screening and spin scattering. We also include both the spin-dependent
chemical potentials {\mu}_{\uparrow,\downarrow} and the effective magnetic
field H* that is zero in equilibrium. For a Co/Cu interface, we find that the
spin accumulation in the copper is an order of magnitude larger when both
chemical potential and effective magnetic field are included. We also show that
screening contributes to the spin accumulation in the ferromagnet; this
contribution can be significant.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures, 2 table
Aperiodicity in one-way Markov cycles and repeat times of large earthquakes in faults
A common use of Markov Chains is the simulation of the seismic cycle in a
fault, i.e. as a renewal model for the repetition of its characteristic
earthquakes. This representation is consistent with Reid's elastic rebound
theory. Here it is proved that in {\it any} one-way Markov cycle, the
aperiodicity of the corresponding distribution of cycle lengths is always lower
than one. This fact concurs with observations of large earthquakes in faults
all over the world
Spin-orbit terms in multi-subband electron systems: A bridge between bulk and two-dimensional Hamiltonians
We analyze the spin-orbit terms in multi-subband quasi-two-dimensional
electron systems, and how they descend from the bulk Hamiltonian of the
conduction band. Measurements of spin-orbit terms in one subband alone are
shown to give incomplete information on the spin-orbit Hamiltonian of the
system. They should be complemented by measurements of inter-subband spin-orbit
matrix elements. Tuning electron energy levels with a quantizing magnetic field
is proposed as an experimental approach to this problem.Comment: Typos noticed in the published version have been corrected and
several references added. Published in the special issue of Semiconductors in
memory of V.I. Pere
Magneto-gyrotropic effects in semiconductor quantum wells (review)
Magneto-gyrotropic photogalvanic effects in quantum wells are reviewed. We
discuss experimental data, results of phenomenological analysis and microscopic
models of these effects. The current flow is driven by spin-dependent
scattering in low-dimensional structures gyrotropic media resulted in asymmetry
of photoexcitation and relaxation processes. Several applications of the
effects are also considered.Comment: 28 pages, 13 figure
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