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A. N. Kalinenko

Publications and source records attributed to A. N. Kalinenko.

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arXiv2023

Electron liquids in solids: hydrodynamic description inspired by ideas of Radii Gurzhi

This is the preface article written for the special issue of Low Temperature Physics on the captivating topic of electron hydrodynamics dedicated to the pioneering work of Radii Gurzhi. The article features a brief synopsis of Gurzhi's seminal contributions that have played a pivotal role in shaping this continuously evolving area of condensed matter physics. This tribute is followed by a brief introduction to the collection of contributed papers published in the issue representing recent research in this dynamic field.

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arXiv2015

The distinctions between the electrical conductivities under non-contact and contact current excitation in spin-split two-dimensional conductors

It is shown that the normal electron-electron scattering is a source of electrical resistance on non-contact current excitation in two-dimensional spin-split electron systems. In contrast to the contact current injection, non-contact current excitation causes spatially inhomogeneous polarization in a two-dimensional conductor leading to new resistivity mechanisms.

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arXiv2013

Non-Linear Spin Dynamics Of The Electron Liquid In Nanosystems

We investigate the dynamics of spin-nonequilibrium electron systems in the hydrodynamic flow regime, when the normal scattering processes, which conserve the total quasi-momentum of the system of electrons and quasi-particles that interact with them, dominate over other scattering processes. We obtain a set of spin-hydrodynamic equations for the case of an arbitrary electron spectrum that varies slowly with the coordinates. Solving the one-dimensional non-linear problem we found the exact solutions both for the electrical potential in the open-ends circuit and for the spin-electrical oscillation in an inhomogeneous conducting ring. As we demonstrate, the oscillation characteristics are different in the cases of a magnetic ring and a non-magnetic ring to which the spin polarization was injected. We found also that a voltage between the ends of the open circuit may reveal the presence of an inhomogeneous spin polarization of the electron density.

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arXiv2011

Dynamics of Spin-Polarized Electron Liquid and Spin Pendulum

We investigate the dynamics of spin-nonequilibrium electron systems for the case when normal electron collisions prevail over the other scattering processes and the "hydrodynamic flow" regime is realized. The hydrodynamic equations for the electron liquid have been obtained and analyzed. We demonstrate that oscillations of the spin polarization are possible in a conducting ring with inhomogeneous magnetic properties. These low-decay oscillations are accompanied by the oscillations of the drift current in the ring. We demonstrate also that the spin polarization of the electron density may be revealed via the voltage between the ends of the open circuit with an inhomogeneous spin polarization. The effect may be observed both in the hydrodynamic and diffusive regimes.

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arXiv2011

The electrical resistance of spatially varied magnetic interface. The role of normal scattering

We investigate the diffusive electron transport in conductors with spatially inhomogeneous magnetic properties taking into account both impurity and normal scattering. It is found that the additional interface resistance that arises due to the magnetic inhomogeneity depends essentially on their spatial characteristics. The resistance is proportional to the spin flip time in the case when the magnetic properties of the conducting system vary smoothly enough along the sample. It can be used to direct experimental investigation of spin flip processes. In the opposite case, when magnetic characteristics are varied sharply, the additional resistance depends essentially on the difference of magnetic properties of the sides far from the interface region. The resistance increases as the frequency of the electron-electron scattering increases. We consider also two types of smooth interfaces: (i) between fully spin-polarized magnetics and usual magnetic (or non-magnetic) conductors, and (ii) between two fully oppositely polarized magnetic conductors. It is shown that the interface resistance is very sensitive to appearing of the fully spin-polarized state under the applied external field.

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arXiv2004

Theoretical Considerations About the Generation and Properties of Narrow Electron Flows in Solid State Structures

A method for the evaluation of the angular width of an electron beam generated by a nanoconstriction is proposed and demonstrated. The approach is based on analysis of a narrow-width electron flow, that quantizes into modes inside a confining constriction which is described in the adiabatic approximation, evolving into a freely propagating electronic state after exiting the constriction. The method that we developed allows us to find the parameters and the shape of the constriction that are optimal for generation of extremely narrow electron beams. In the case of a constriction characterized by a linear widening shape an asymptotically exact solution for the injection problem is found. That solution verifies semi-quantitative results related to the angular characteristics of the beam, and it opens the way for determination of the distribution function of the electrons in the beam. We have found the relationship between the angular distribution of the electron density in the beam and the quantum states of the electrons inside the constriction. Such narrow electron beams may be employed in investigations of electronic systems and in data manipulations in electronic and spintronic devices.

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arXiv2003

A Magnetic-Field-Effect Transistor and Spin Transport

A magnetic-field-effect transistor is proposed that generates a spin-polarized current and exhibits a giant negative magnetoresitance. The device consists of a nonmagnetic conducting channel (wire or strip) wrapped, or sandwiched, by a grounded magnetic shell. The process underlying the operation of the device is the withdrawal of one of the spin components from the channel, and its dissipation through the grounded boundaries of the magnetic shell, resulting in a spin-polarized current in the nonmagnetic channel. The device may generate an almost fully spin-polarized current, and a giant negative magnetoresistance effect is predicted.

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arXiv2003

Relaxation of high-energy quasiparticle distributions: electron-electron scattering in a two-dimensional electron gas

A theory is developed for the evolution of the non-equilibrium distribution of quasiparticles when the scattering rate decreases due to particle collisions. We propose a "modified one-collision approximation" which is most effective for high-energy quasiparticle distributions. This method is used to explain novel measurements of the non-monotonic energy dependence of the signal of scattered electrons in a 2D system. The observed effect is related to a crossover from the ballistic to the hydrodynamic regime of electron flow.

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arXiv2003

Spin-Guide: A New Source of High Spin-Polarized Current

We propose a ``spin-guide'' source for generation of electric currents with a high degree of spin polarization, allowing long-distance transmission of the spin-polarization. In the spin-guide scheme proposed here, a non-magnetic conducting channel is wrapped by a magnetic shell which preferentially transmits electrons with a particular spin polarization. It is shown that this method is significantly more effective then the spin-filter-like scheme where the current flows perpendicular to the interface between a ferromagnetic metal to a non-magnetic conducting material. Under certain conditions a spin-guide may generate an almost perfectly spin-polarized current, even when the magnetic material used is not fully polarized. The spin-guide is predicted to allow the transport of spin polarization over long distances which may exceed significantly the spin-flip length in the channel. In addition, it readily permits detection and control of the spin-polarization of the current. The spin-guide may be employed for spin-flow manipulations in semiconductors used in spintronic devices.

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arXiv2001

Non-Magnetic Spinguides and Spin Transport in Semiconductors

We propose the idea of a "spinguide", i.e. the semiconductor channel which is surrounded with walls from the diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS) with the giant Zeeman splitting which are transparent for electrons with the one spin polarization only. These spinguides may serve as sources of a spin-polarized current in non-magnetic conductors, ultrafast switches of a spin polarization of an electric current and, long distances transmission facilities of a spin polarization (transmission distances can exceed a spin-flip length). The selective transparence of walls leads to new size effects in transport.

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arXiv2000

Angle-Resolved Spectroscopy of Electron-Electron Scattering in a 2D System

Electron-beam propagation experiments have been used to determine the energy and angle dependence of electron-electron (ee) scattering a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in a very direct manner by a new spectroscopy method. The experimental results are in good agreement with recent theories and provide direct evidence for the differences between ee-scattering in a 2DEG as compared with 3D systems. Most conspicuous is the increased importance of small-angle scattering in a 2D system, resulting in a reduced (but energy-dependent) broadening of the electron beam.

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arXiv2000

Effects of Electron-Electron Scattering on Electron-Beam Propagation in a Two-Dimensional Electron-Gas

We have studied experimentally and theoretically the influence of electron-electron collisions on the propagation of electron beams in a two-dimensional electron gas for excess injection energies ranging from zero up to the Fermi energy. We find that the detector signal consists of quasiballistic electrons, which either have not undergone any electron-electron collisions or have only been scattered at small angles. Theoretically, the small-angle scattering exhibits distinct features that can be traced back to the reduced dimensionality of the electron system. A number of nonlinear effects, also related to the two-dimensional character of the system, are discussed. In the simplest situation, the heating of the electron gas by the high-energy part of the beam leads to a weakening of the signal of quasiballistic electrons and to the appearance of thermovoltage. This results in a nonmonotonic dependence of the detector signal on the intensity of the injected beam, as observed experimentally.

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