• Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
  • Vol. 33, Issue 4, 349 (2014)
LIANG Feng1 and GU Yu2
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    DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1010.2014.00349 Cite this Article
    LIANG Feng, GU Yu. Transverse spin currents through a three-arm ring embedded with two quantum dots[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2014, 33(4): 349 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The spin-polarized electron transport through a three-terminal three-arm ring with two quantum dots separately embedded in the upper and lower arms were theoretically studied. The intradot Coulomb interaction on the two dots and the Rashba spin-orbit interaction inside one arm of the ring were taken into account. With the aid of the nonequilibrium Greens function method,we find that even without using any magnetic factors a Rashba induced spin interference effect can drive a spin-polarized current out of the device. By properly tuning the system parameters such as the applied external voltages,the Rashba interaction strength and the dot levels,not only a fully spin-polarized current but also a pure spin current can be obtained. Moreover,the effects of the system parameters on the magnitude, sign, spin-polarization and resonant peaks of the spin-polarized current were also discussed.
    LIANG Feng, GU Yu. Transverse spin currents through a three-arm ring embedded with two quantum dots[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2014, 33(4): 349
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