Four-Step Evolution of Spin-Hall Conductance: Tight-Binding Electrons with Rashba Coupling in a Magnetic Field

dc.creatorWang, Yi-Fei
dc.creatorZhao, Yang
dc.creatorGong, Chang-De
dc.date2007-12-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:48:55Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:48:55Z
dc.descriptionAn intriguing magneto-transport property is demonstrated by tight-binding lattice electrons with Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in a magnetic field. With the flux strength $ϕ={2π/N}$ ($N$ is an integer) and the Zeeman splitting fixed, when increasing the Rashba SOC $λ$, the spin-Hall and charge-Hall conductances (SHC and CHC) undergo four-step evolutions: the SHC shows size-dependent resonances and jumps at three critical $λ_{c}$'s, and changes its sign at $λ_{c1}$ and $λ_{c3}$; while the CHC exhibits three quantum jumps by $-Ne^2/h$, $+2Ne^2/h$ and $-Ne^2/h$. Such four-step evolutions are also reflected in topological characters and spin polarizations of edge states of a cylindrical system, and are robust against weak disorder.
dc.description4 pages, 5 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0801.0035
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0801.0035
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. B 78, 045301 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.045301
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/164396
dc.subjectMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.titleFour-Step Evolution of Spin-Hall Conductance: Tight-Binding Electrons with Rashba Coupling in a Magnetic Field
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