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arXiv 2004-06-29 DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.226602 0 views

Spin current and polarization in impure 2D electron systems with spin-orbit coupling

Mishchenko, E. G. · Shytov, A. V. · Halperin, B. I.

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We derive the transport equations for two-dimensional electron systems with spin-orbit interaction and short-range spin-independent disorder. In the limit of slow spatial variations of the electron distribution we obtain coupled diffusion equations for the electron density and spin. Using these equations we calculate electric-field induced spin accumulation in a finite-size sample for arbitrary ratio between spin-orbit energy splitting and elastic scattering rate. We demonstrate that the spin-Hall conductivity vanishes in an infinite system independent of this ratio.

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