Abstract
Semiconductor point contacts can be a useful tool for producing spin-polarized currents in the presence of spin-orbit (SO) interaction. Neither magnetic fields nor magnetic materials are required. By numerical studies, we show that (i) the conductance is quantized in units of 2e^2/h unless the SO interaction is too strong, (ii) the current is spin-polarized in the transverse direction, and (iii) a spin polarization of more than 50% can be realized with experimentally accessible values of the SO interaction strength. The spin-polarization ratio is determined by the adiabaticity of the transition between subbands of different spins during the transport through the point contacts.
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