Spin polarization of electrons through corrugated surface in magnetic field

Abstract: Noninteracting electrons confined to a corrugated surface are investigated in magnetic field, and the associated effective Pauli equation is given analytically by the thin-layer quantization scheme. Interestingly, the Zeeman splitting gaps can be adjusted by curvature, and there is a geometric potential induced by curvature. Further, we discuss the spin-dependent transport properties for confined electrons by numerical calculation. More interestingly, we find that the spin polarization induced by curvature becomes substantial when the incident energy has small value. The results are considerable for a spin transistor with small spin current.