Quantum conductance in spin orbit coupled devices a focus on transport in graphene

Abstract

The thesis investigates the behaviour of conductance properties of spin orbit coupled ballistic junction devices using the Landauer B 195 188 ttiker formalism and Green s function technique The primary motivation is to explore spin Hall effect in these devices via computing the spin Hall conductance which assesses their utilities for spintronic applications Two terminal three terminal Y shaped and four terminal structures are discussed extensively in the thesis The step like features in the longi