| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 75, Number 2, July 2006
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 281 - 286 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10113-x | |
| Published online | 23 June 2006 | |
Spin current in a two-dimensional electron gas tunnelling junction
Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, PRC
Received:
6
January
2006
Accepted:
31
May
2006
We report a novel phenomenon of dissipationless spin current in nonmagnetic tunnelling junctions, composed of two high mobility two-dimensional electron gases (2DEG) with either Rashba or Dresselhaus spin-orbital interaction as well as an insulator barrier between them. We find that, at zero bias, an equilibrium spin current flows in the junction without any charge current. The physical origin is the exchange coupling between two pseudomagnetic fields in 2DEG leads and it is similar to the super current in a Josephson junction.
PACS: 73.23.-b – Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems / 72.25.Dc – Spin polarized transport in semiconductors / 71.70.Ej – Spin-orbit coupling, Zeeman and Stark splitting, Jahn-Teller effect
© EDP Sciences, 2006
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