title: Mesoscopic fluctuations in the spin-electric susceptibility due to Rashba spin-orbit interaction.
abstract: We investigate mesoscopic fluctuations in the spin polarization generated by a static electric field and by Rashba spin-orbit interaction in a disordered 2D electron gas. In a diagrammatic approach we find that the out-of-plane polarization--while being zero for self-averaging systems--exhibits large sample-to-sample fluctuations which are shown to be well within experimental reach. We evaluate the disorder-averaged variance of the susceptibility and find its dependence on magnetic field, spin-orbit interaction, dephasing, and chemical potential difference.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duckheim
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Loss