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Spin ratchets

A one-way street for spin current

Nature Physics volume 4, pages 587–588 (2008)Cite this article

A way to generate and control spin currents without magnetic fields or magnetic materials may be possible using dissipative quantum ratchets in the presence of spin–orbit coupling.

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Figure 1: Quantum ratchets generating charge and spin currents.

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  1. Michael E. Flatté is in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, OSTC, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. Michael_Flatte@mailaps.org,

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