title: Microscopic theory of the inverse Edelstein effect.
abstract: We provide a precise microscopic definition of the recently observed inverse Edelstein effect in which a nonequilibrium spin accumulation in the plane of a two-dimensional (interfacial) electron gas drives an electric current perpendicular to its own direction. The drift-diffusion equations that govern the effect are presented and applied to the interpretation of the experiments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.
authors.forename: Ka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA and Italian Institute of Technology at Sapienza and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vignale
authors.affiliation: CNISM and Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raimondi