Semiclassical spin transport in spin-orbit-coupled systems
| dc.creator | Culcer, Dimitrie | |
| dc.date | 2009-04-13 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T13:03:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T13:03:38Z | |
| dc.description | This article discusses spin transport in systems with spin-orbit interactions and how it can be understood in a semiclassical picture. I will first present a semiclassical wave-packet description of spin transport, which explains how the microscopic motion of carriers gives rise to a spin current. Due to spin non-conservation the definition of the spin current has some arbitrariness. In the second part I will briefly review the physics from a density matrix point of view, which makes clear the relationship between spin transport and spin precession and the important role of scattering. | |
| dc.description | Will appear in Springer Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.1999 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0904.1999 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/226875 | |
| dc.subject | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics | |
| dc.title | Semiclassical spin transport in spin-orbit-coupled systems | |
| dc.type | text |