Re: [Kwant] spin-orbit and ldos
Hi Anton, You wrote:
Exactly, therefore I have prepared the following function which, I think, plots averages <S_x>, <S_y> and <S_z> at each site: def plot_Si(sys, energy, n_lead): # Compute wave function psi = kwant.wave_function(sys, energy) psi_n = psi(n_lead).sum(axis=0) # Calculate <Si> per site Nsites = psi_n.shape[0] / 2 sx = zeros((Nsites,)) sy = zeros((Nsites,)) sz = zeros((Nsites,)) psi_i = array([[0.0], [0.0]]) for i in xrange(Nsites): psi_i = array([[psi_n[i * 2]], [psi_n[i * 2 + 1]]]) sx[i] = abs(dot(psi_i.conj().T, dot(sigma_x, psi_i)))[0, 0] sy[i] = abs(dot(psi_i.conj().T, dot(sigma_y, psi_i)))[0, 0] sz[i] = abs(dot(psi_i.conj().T, dot(sigma_z, psi_i)))[0, 0] # Plot kwant.plotter.map(sys, sx, num_lead_cells=5) kwant.plotter.map(sys, sy, num_lead_cells=5) kwant.plotter.map(sys, sz, num_lead_cells=5) It seems that it works for a 2-terminal quantum wire (like the one defined in spin_orbit.py). For example with just one transmitted mode and \alpha=0.5, ez = 0.0, a nice "snapshot" of the spin precession is obtained (run the attached spin_orbit_jw1.py script). However, there must be something wrong with this function, since for 3-terminal T-shaped device (like the one defined in spin_orbit_T_jw1.py) the <S_i> patterns, without spin-orbit interaction (\alpha=0.), are asymmetrical. This is strange, since the device is symmetric along lead axis, from which the wave function is emanated. There is no such a problem for 2-terminal wire, in that case each <S_i> looks much like ldos for \alpha=0. Any hint what is wrong will be appreciated. I suspect the mysterious psi_n = psi(n_lead).sum(axis=0) command, since psi(n_lead) consist of two rows of length 2Nsites, even for just one (spin degenerate) mode. What is stored in each row? Regards, Jerzy P.S. I use python27 under win8.
Dear Jerzy, The that you have defined shows the spin density in the system, due to the modes coming from the top lead (lead 0). The density of states on the other hand is due to the level broadening from all of the leads. This is the origin of the asymmetry between the spin densities. Best, Anton On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Jerzy Wrobel <wrobel@ifpan.edu.pl> wrote:
Dear Anton, Must be some misunderstanding in definitions. I assumed that the first defined lead has index 0, then lead 0 is left lead (-a, 0) i.e. left part of letter T, which is turned clockwise by 90 deg. Bottom lead (0, -a) has index 1 and top lead, (bottom.reversed) has index 2. The above agrees with the transmission calculations which is _the same_ for (1 <--- 0 ) and (2 <--- 0) configurations and the shape of such transmission agrees with the literature data. Regards, Jerzy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anton Akhmerov" <anton.akhmerov@gmail.com> To: "Jerzy Wrobel" <wrobel@ifpan.edu.pl> Cc: <kwant-discuss@kwant-project.org> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [Kwant] spin-orbit and ldos
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Hi Jerzy, Sorry, I was not attentive enough. Indeed, the line thasupert you suspected doesn't look good. If you want to get the injected spin densities, you need to sum the contributions from each scattering wave function, psi_n[i] to the density. Instead you first sum all the wave functions first (so you're calculating the spin density injected into the system by an arbitrary superposition of those). Best, Anton On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Jerzy Wróbel <wrobel@ifpan.edu.pl> wrote:
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