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vi Contents B Linear Response 132 B.1 Kubo Formula for Weak Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 C Cooperon and Spin Relaxation 137 C.1 Sum Formula for the Cooperon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 C.2 Spin-Conserving Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 C.3 Relaxation Tensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 C.4 Weak Localization Correction in 2D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 C.5 Exact Diagonalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 D Hamiltonian in [110] growth direction 146 E Summation over the Fermi Surface 148 F KPM 150
Citations to Previously Published Work Large portions of the chapters have appeared in the following four papers: 1. Wenk P., Kettemann S. et al. Spin Polarized Transport and Spin Relaxation in QuantumWires. In: NanoScienceandTechnology. Springer-VerlagBerlinHeidelberg; (2010). 2. Wenk P., Kettemann S. Spin Relaxation in Quantum Wires. In: Sattler K, Francis& Taylor Handbook on Nanophysics.; (2010) p.49. 3. Wenk P., Kettemann S. Dimensional Dependence of Weak Localization Corrections and Spin Relaxation in Quantum Wires with Rashba Spin Orbit Coupling. Phys. Rev. B. 81 125309 (2010). 4. Wenk P., Kettemann S. Direction Dependence of Spin Relaxation in Confined Two- Dimensional Systems. Phys. Rev. B. 83 115301 (2011). vii
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Contents<br />
B L<strong>in</strong>ear Response 132<br />
B.1 Kubo Formula for Weak Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134<br />
C Cooperon and <strong>Sp<strong>in</strong></strong> Relaxation 137<br />
C.1 Sum Formula for the Cooperon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137<br />
C.2 <strong>Sp<strong>in</strong></strong>-Conserv<strong>in</strong>g Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139<br />
C.3 Relaxation Tensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140<br />
C.4 Weak Localization Correction <strong>in</strong> 2D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141<br />
C.5 Exact Diagonalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142<br />
D Hamiltonian <strong>in</strong> [110] growth direction 146<br />
E Summation over the Fermi Surface 148<br />
F KPM 150