Half-metal phases in a quantum wire with modulated spin-orbit interaction

We propose a spin filter device based on the interplay of a modulated spin-orbit interaction and a uniform external magnetic field acting on a quantum wire. Half-metal phases, where electrons with only a selected spin polarization exhibit ballistic conductance, can be tuned by varying the magnetic f...

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Autores principales: Cabra, Daniel Carlos, Rossini, Gerardo Luis, Ferraz, A., Japaridze, G. I., Johannesson, H.
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Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/97990
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/55586
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.205135
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topic Física
Spin filter device
Quantum wire
spellingShingle Física
Spin filter device
Quantum wire
Cabra, Daniel Carlos
Rossini, Gerardo Luis
Ferraz, A.
Japaridze, G. I.
Johannesson, H.
Half-metal phases in a quantum wire with modulated spin-orbit interaction
topic_facet Física
Spin filter device
Quantum wire
description We propose a spin filter device based on the interplay of a modulated spin-orbit interaction and a uniform external magnetic field acting on a quantum wire. Half-metal phases, where electrons with only a selected spin polarization exhibit ballistic conductance, can be tuned by varying the magnetic field. These half-metal phases are proven to be robust against electron-electron repulsive interactions. Our results arise from a combination of explicit band diagonalization, bosonization techniques, and extensive density matrix renormalization group computations.
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Articulo
author Cabra, Daniel Carlos
Rossini, Gerardo Luis
Ferraz, A.
Japaridze, G. I.
Johannesson, H.
author_facet Cabra, Daniel Carlos
Rossini, Gerardo Luis
Ferraz, A.
Japaridze, G. I.
Johannesson, H.
author_sort Cabra, Daniel Carlos
title Half-metal phases in a quantum wire with modulated spin-orbit interaction
title_short Half-metal phases in a quantum wire with modulated spin-orbit interaction
title_full Half-metal phases in a quantum wire with modulated spin-orbit interaction
title_fullStr Half-metal phases in a quantum wire with modulated spin-orbit interaction
title_full_unstemmed Half-metal phases in a quantum wire with modulated spin-orbit interaction
title_sort half-metal phases in a quantum wire with modulated spin-orbit interaction
publishDate 2017
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/97990
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/55586
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.205135
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