First set up wave functions:

iχ1
! φ
!
e 2 0 ei 2 cos( 2θ )
ΨCW = eiψ −iχ1 φ
0 e 2 ei 2 sin( 2θ )
 iφ !
cos( χ22 ) + i cos(θ2 ) sin( χ22 ) −ie−iφ2 sin(θ2 ) sin( χ22 ) e 2 cos 2θ

CCW −iψ
Ψ =e
−ieiφ2 sin(θ2 ) sin( χ22 ) cos( χ22 ) − i cos(θ2 ) sin( χ22 ) φ
ei 2 sin 2θ
ψ is electron phase (which gives rise to AB oscillations),
χ1 and χ2 are the amount of rotation around a given axis for the 2 directions
θ and φ are the initial spin state (generalized initial spin state)
θ2 and φ2 are the relative rotation axis between the 2 trajectories
We then solve for:
 1 CW 1 CCW 2
 
 Ψ + Ψ 
2 2 
and then average over all initial spins states, to get a final value of:
1 h χ1 χ2 χ1 χ2 i 
1 + cos( ) cos( ) + cos(θ2 ) sin( ) sin( ) cos(2ψ)
2 2 2 2 2
which gives:
1 χ1 χ2 χ1 χ2 
A(χ1 , χ2 , θ) = cos( ) cos( ) + cos(θ2 ) sin( ) sin( )
2 2 2 2 2
If we look at the case that θ = π, and χ1 = χ2 , (which is true for rashba and (dresselhaus?) we
get the more familliar: A(χ) = 12 cos(χ).
Given only 2 rotation matricies, and no value for χ1 , χ2 , and θ, we must solve for these in terms
of the elements of the matricies.
From the general rotation matrix:

cos( χ2 ) + i cos(θ) sin( χ2 ) −ie−iφ sin(θ) sin( χ2 )

   
R11 R12
Rθ,φ = =
−ieiφ sin(θ) sin( χ2 ) cos( χ2 ) − i cos(θ) sin( χ2 ) R21 R22

We can find the following equalities, with certain assumptions.

Assumptions :

θ ∈ (0, π) φ ∈ (0, π), χ ∈ (0, 4π)

these allow for all rotations possible, the angles θ and φ will cover half of the space, and chi allows
for forward and backwards rotations, covering all possible rotations.
χ R + R   χ  r χ
11 22
cos = sin  = 1 − cos2
 
2 2 2 2

1
 h  χ i
sign sin = sign [Re (R21 − R12 )]
2
R11 − R22 p
cos(θ) = sin(θ) = 1 − cos2 (θ)
2i sin χ2

R21 − R12 R21 + R12

sin(φ) = cos(φ) =
2 sin(θ) sin χ2 χ



−2i sin(θ) sin 2
From these: we can find a value for the cos(θ) in the equation for A:

cos(θ) = cos(φ1 ) sin(θ1 ) cos(φ2 ) sin(θ2 ) + sin(θ1 ) sin(φ1 ) sin(θ2 ) sin(φ2 ) + cos(θ1 ) cos(θ2 )

where 1 and 2 respond to CW and CCW wave function rotation matricies’ parameter values.
It is also noteworthy to look at the case that θ = π, and χ1 = χ2 , and see that:
 2
1 χ 1 R11 + R22 1
A(χ) = cos(χ) = cos2 − = −
2 2 2 2 2