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Magnetically confined bound states in Rashba systems

Ronetti, Flavio and Plekhanov, Kirill and Loss, Daniel and Klinovaja, Jelena. (2020) Magnetically confined bound states in Rashba systems. Physical Review Research, 2 (2). 022052.

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Abstract

A Rashba nanowire is subjected to a magnetic field that assumes opposite signs in two sections of the nanowire, and, thus, creates a magnetic domain wall. The direction of magnetic field is chosen to be perpendicular to the Rashba spin-orbit vector such that there is only a partial gap in the spectrum. Nevertheless, we prove analytically and numerically that such a domain wall hosts a bound state whose energy is at bottom of the spectrum below the energy of all bulk states. Thus, this magnetically confined bound state is well-isolated and can be accessed experimentally. We further show that the same type of magnetic confinement can be implemented in two-dimensional systems with strong spin-orbit interaction. A quantum channel along the magnetic domain wall emerges with a nondegenerate dispersive band that lies energetically below the bulk states. We show that this magnetic confinement is robust against disorder and various parameter variations.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Physik > Physik > Theoretical Nano/Quantum Physics (Klinovaja)
UniBasel Contributors:Klinovaja, Jelena
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:American Physical Society
e-ISSN:2643-1564
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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Deposited On:20 Apr 2021 15:21

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