Rashba billiards
We study the energy levels of non-interacting electrons confined to move in two-dimensional billiard regions and having a spin-dependent dynamics due to a finite Rashba spin splitting. The free space Green's function for such Rashba billiards is constructed analytically and used to find the area and perimeter contributions to the density of states, as well as the corresponding smooth counting function. We show that, in contrast to systems with spin-rotational invariance, Rashba billiards always possess a negative energy spectrum. A semi-classical analysis is presented to interpret the singular behavior of the density of states at certain negative energies for circular Rashba billiards. Our detailed analysis of the spin structure of circular Rashba billiards reveals a finite out-of-plane spin projection for electron eigenstates. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2006
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2006
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Authors: | Csordás, A. ; Cserti, J. ; Pályi, A. ; Zülicke, U. |
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The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter and Complex Systems. - Springer. - Vol. 54.2006, 2, p. 189-200
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Springer |
Subject: | 73.21.La Quantum dots | 71.70.Ej Spin-orbit coupling | Zeeman and Stark splitting | Jahn-Teller effect | 05.45.Mt Quantum chaos | semiclassical methods | 03.65.Sq Semiclassical theories and applications |
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