# Dirac Wire

## TL;DR

This paper introduces the Dirac wire, a fermionic analogue of optical fibers, revealing unique electron spin and orbital angular momentum properties in confined cylindrical geometries, with implications for spintronics and quantum nanophotonics.

## Contribution

It presents the concept of Dirac wires as cylindrical generalizations of topological insulators, demonstrating novel longitudinal spin effects in confined electron systems.

## Key findings

- Discovery of unique longitudinal electron spin in Dirac wires
- Duality between electronic and photonic spin properties
- Insights into electron spin dynamics in confined geometries

## Abstract

The interplay of photon spin and orbital angular momentum (OAM) in the optical fiber (1D waveguide) has recently risen to the forefront of quantum nanophotonics. Here, we introduce the fermionic dual of the optical fiber, the Dirac wire, which exhibits unique electronic spin and OAM properties arising from confined solutions of the Dirac equation. The Dirac wires analyzed here represent cylindrical generalizations of the Jackiw-Rebbi domain wall and the minimal topological insulator, which are of significant interest in spintronics. We show the unique longitudinal spin arising from electrons confined to propagation in a wire, an effect which is fundamentally prohibited in planar geometries. Our work sheds light on the universal spatial dynamics of electron spin in confined geometries and the duality between electronic and photonic spin.