Out-of-plane spin polarization from in-plane electric and magnetic fields.
We show that the joint effect of spin-orbit and magnetic fields leads to a spin polarization perpendicular to the plane of a homogeneous two-dimensional electron system with Rashba spin-orbit coupling and in-plane parallel dc magnetic and electric fields, for angle-dependent impurity scattering or nonparabolic energy spectrum, while only in-plane polarization persists for simplified models. We derive Bloch equations, describing the main features of recent experiments, including the magnetic field dependence of static and dynamic responses.
Engel
Hans-Andreas
HA
Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
Rashba
Emmanuel I
EI
Halperin
Bertrand I
BI