Abstract
In order to model the phase-coherent scattering of electrons in two-dimensional electron gases in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling, a general partial-wave expansion is developed for scattering from a cylindrically symmetric potential. The theory is applied to possible electron flow imaging experiments using a moveable scanning probe microscope tip. In such experiments, it is demonstrated theoretically that the Rashba spin-orbit coupling can give rise to spin interference effects, even for unpolarized electrons at nonzero temperature and no magnetic field.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 035325 |
| Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 27 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
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Walls, J. D., Huang, J., Westervelt, R. M., & Heller, E. J. (2006). Multiple-scattering theory for two-dimensional electron gases in the presence of spin-orbit coupling. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 73(3), [035325]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.73.035325