Orbital Edelstein effect

Orbital Edelstein effect
Orbital Edelstein effect from the gradient of a scalar potential

We study the orbital Edelstein effect (OEE) that originates from a particular inversion symmetry breaking mechanism: an asymmetric scalar potential. We compute OEE of this kind with the help of the Kubo formula in the diffusive regime for a parabolic band Hamiltonian. We also present a qualitative d…