@article{e1fbda79a900472f8c95f59b5f95ad37,
title = "Highly efficient induction of spin polarization by circularly polarized electromagnetic waves in the Rashba spin-orbit systems",
abstract = "We theoretically demonstrate that a rotating electric-field component of circularly polarized microwaves or terahertz light can induce electron-spin polarization within a few picoseconds in a two-dimensional electron system with the Rashba spin-orbit interaction by taking advantage of magnetoelectric coupling. The efficiency turns out to be several orders of magnitude greater than that of conventional methods, indicating high potential of this technique in future spintronics.",
author = "Masahito Mochizuki and Keisuke Ihara and Ohe, {Jun Ichiro} and Akihito Takeuchi",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Nos. 25870169, 25287088, 17H02924, and 17H01052), Waseda University Grant for Special Research Projects (Project No. 2017S-101), and JST PRESTO (Grant No. JPMJPR132A). J.O. is supported by CREST, JST, and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (Grant No. 17H01052) from MEXT Japan. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Author(s).",
year = "2018",
month = mar,
day = "19",
doi = "10.1063/1.5022262",
language = "English",
volume = "112",
journal = "Applied Physics Letters",
issn = "0003-6951",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Publising LLC",
number = "12",
}