Spin Accumulation in a Quantum Wire with Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling

Figure 3

The intrinsic oscillations of spin polarization components ⟨𝑆_𝑥⟩ and ⟨𝑆_𝑦⟩ for 𝛼_𝑅=0.5×10⁻¹¹eVm (dashed line) and 𝛼_𝑅=1.0×10⁻¹¹eVm (solid line) with 𝑛=4 and the transverse position 𝑢=0.15.

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