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Spin cloud induced around an elastic scatterer by the intrinsic spin-Hall effect

A. G. Mal'shukov, C. S. Chu

cond-mat.mes-hallarXiv:cond-mat/0604535

Abstract

Similar to the Landauer electric dipole created around an impurity by the electric current, a spin polarized cloud of electrons can be induced by the intrinsic spin-Hall effect near a spin independent elastic scatterer. It is shown that in the ballistic range around the impurity, such a cloud appears in the case of Rashba spin-orbit interaction, even though the bulk spin-Hall current is absent.

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