Gauge theory approach for diffusive and precessional spin dynamics in a two-dimensional electron gas

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2010.01.007MaRDI QIDQ972517zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors I. V. Tokatly, E. Ya. Sherman

Publication date 19 May 2010

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.0951

zbMATH Keywords

spin dynamicsspin-orbit couplingtwo-dimensional electron gasnon-Abelian gauge field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Statistical mechanics of gases (82D05)

Abstract: We develop a gauge theory for diffusive and precessional spin dynamics in two-dimensional electron gas with disorder. Our approach reveals a direct connections between the absence of the equilibrium spin current and strong anisotropy in the spin relaxation: both effects arise if the spin-orbit coupling is reduced to a pure gauge SU(2) field. In this case, by a gauge transformation in the form of a local SU(2) rotation in the spin subspace the spin-orbit coupling can be removed. The resulting spin dynamics is exactly described in terms of two kinetic coefficients: the spin diffusion and electron mobility. After the inverse transformation, full diffusive and precessional spin density dynamics, including the anisotropic spin relaxation, formation of stable spin structures, and spin precession induced by a macroscopic current, is restored. Explicit solutions of the spin evolution equations are found for the initially uniform spin density and for stable nonuniform structures. Our analysis demonstrates a universal relation between the spin relaxation rate and spin diffusion coefficient.

Recommendations

• Spin dynamics under local gauge fields in chiral spin-orbit coupling systems
• Gauge covariance and spin-current conservation in the gauge-field formulation of systems with spin-orbit coupling
• Electron spin precession in two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling
• Quantum kinetic equation for spin relaxation and spin Hall effect in GaAs
• Dynamical precession of spin in the two-dimensional spin-orbit coupled systems

Cited in

(8)

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5194870 (Why is no real title available?)
• Dynamical precession of spin in the two-dimensional spin-orbit coupled systems
• Spin-orbit interaction in a two-dimensional electron gas: \(SU(2)\) formulation
• Spin dynamics under local gauge fields in chiral spin-orbit coupling systems
• Hydrodynamics of higher-rank gauge theories
• On the effective models of spin-orbit coupling in a two-dimensional electron gas
• Electron spin precession in two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling
• Hermitian spin-orbit Hamiltonians on a surface in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates: a new practical approach

This page was built for publication: Gauge theory approach for diffusive and precessional spin dynamics in a two-dimensional electron gas

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q972517)