Spin-orbit coupling in ballistic carbon nanotubes Export

@article{citeulike:3510949, abstract = {We further investigate spin orbit coupling in ballistic carbon nanotubes in relation to two recent experiments [L. Hueso, \emph{et, al.,} Nature {\bf 410} 445 (2007) and F. Kuemmeth, \emph{et, al.,} Nature {\bf 425} 448 (2008)]. Spin-orbit coupling in ballistic nanotubes is due to the tube's curvature and a transverse electric field. The semi-quantitative agreement between the measured spin-orbit splitting in [F. Kuemmeth, \emph{et, al.,} Nature {\bf 425} 448 (2008)] and our previous theoretical estimate is improved by the inclusion of effects of a transverse electric field. This induces asymmetries in the spin-orbit coupling for electrons and holes, in agreement with experiments. Furthermore, spin-orbit induced spin precession is an alternative explanation of spin relaxation reported in [L. Hueso, \emph{et, al.,} Nature {\bf 410} 445 (2007)].}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Huertas-Hernando, D. and Guinea, F. and Brataas, A.}, citeulike-article-id = {3510949}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2171}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0811.2171}, day = {13}, eprint = {0811.2171}, keywords = {graphene, spincurrent}, month = {Nov}, posted-at = {2008-11-15 00:56:26}, priority = {2}, title = {Spin-orbit coupling in ballistic carbon nanotubes}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2171}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3510949 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3510949 N2 - We further investigate spin orbit coupling in ballistic carbon nanotubes in relation to two recent experiments [L. Hueso, \emph{et, al.,} Nature {\bf 410} 445 (2007) and F. Kuemmeth, \emph{et, al.,} Nature {\bf 425} 448 (2008)]. Spin-orbit coupling in ballistic nanotubes is due to the tube's curvature and a transverse electric field. The semi-quantitative agreement between the measured spin-orbit splitting in [F. Kuemmeth, \emph{et, al.,} Nature {\bf 425} 448 (2008)] and our previous theoretical estimate is improved by the inclusion of effects of a transverse electric field. This induces asymmetries in the spin-orbit coupling for electrons and holes, in agreement with experiments. Furthermore, spin-orbit induced spin precession is an alternative explanation of spin relaxation reported in [L. Hueso, \emph{et, al.,} Nature {\bf 410} 445 (2007)]. TI - Spin-orbit coupling in ballistic carbon nanotubes KW - graphene KW - spincurrent AU - Huertas-Hernando, D AU - Guinea, F AU - Brataas, A PY - 2008/Nov/13/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2171 ER -