Gauge potential formulations of the spin Hall effect in graphene

Dayı Ö. F., YUNT E.

PHYSICS LETTERS A, cilt.375, sa.25, ss.2484-2491, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 375 Sayı: 25
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.physleta.2011.05.034
  • Dergi Adı: PHYSICS LETTERS A
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2484-2491
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Two different gauge potential methods are engaged to calculate explicitly the spin Hall conductivity in graphene. The graphene Hamiltonian with spin-orbit interaction is expressed in terms of kinematic momenta by introducing a gauge potential. A formulation of the spin Hall conductivity is established by requiring that the time evolution of this kinematic momentum vector vanishes. We then calculated the conductivity employing the Berry gauge fields. We show that both of the gauge fields can be deduced from the pure gauge field arising from the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformations. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.