  Electrons with spin-orbit coupling moving in mesoscopic structures can often
exhibit local spin polarization. In this paper, we study the influence of the
Rashba coupling on the scattering of two-dimensional electrons from a circular
disk. It is observed that spin-polarized regions exist, even if the incident
electrons are unpolarized. In addition to the distributions of charge and spin
current in the near-field region, we also analyze the symmetry and the
differential cross-section of the scattering.
