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The effects of lead positions and lead-ring coupling regimes are investigated for spin-related transport through a two-dimensional network of quantum nanorings (2DNQRs) considering Rashba spin–orbit interaction (RSOI) and magnetic flux. A matrix representation of the transmission and reflection coefficients through a single ring connected to the arbitrary number of leads has been introduced. As a specific example of 2DNQRs, the conductance, spin polarization and system efficiency are obtained via a triangular network of quantum rings (TNQRs). TNQRs are completely opaque or transparent versus RSOI strength and wave vector (k) of the incident electron. The periodicity of these functions along the k axis depends on the lead positions and is independent of lead-ring coupling. Also, the symmetric geometry and strong lead-ring coupling regime significantly improve the performance of the system as a multipurpose spintronic device (i.e., a perfect spin filter, spin splitter, spin switching, Stern–Gerlach device and an electronic switching device).
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Here we calculate the details of \(M_{i}^{\sigma }\) matrix elements. Using Eqs. (3)–(7) in Sect. 2, it can be read;
and
where
One can write the above equations in matrix form as;
where
To calculate the elements of the matrix \(M_{i}^{\sigma }\) which relates the coefficients \(r_{1i}^{1\sigma } , \, r_{2i}^{1\sigma } , \, t_{1i}^{2\sigma } , \, t_{2i}^{2\sigma } , \, t_{1i}^{3\sigma }\) and \(t_{2i}^{3\sigma }\) to each other, we require to find the three first rows of the inverse of the matrix \(A_{i}^{\sigma }\). For the convenience of calculations, we first define some auxiliary variables, namely \(f_{1i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{2i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{3i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{4i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{5i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{6i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{7i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{8i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{9i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{10i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{11i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{12i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{13i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{14i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{15i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{16i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{17i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{18i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{19i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{20i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{21i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{22i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{23i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{24i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{25i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{26i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{27i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{28i}^{\sigma }\), \(f_{29i}^{\sigma }\) and \(f_{30i}^{\sigma }\).
Finally, using these auxiliary variables, the elements of the \(3 \times 3\) matrix \(M_{i}^{\sigma }\) can be obtained as:
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Saeedi, S., Faizabadi, E. Lead position and lead-ring coupling effects on the spin-dependent transport properties in a two-dimensional network of quantum nanorings in the presence of Rashba spin–orbit interaction. J Comput Electron 19, 1014–1030 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10825-020-01506-5
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