Rashba效应影响下量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的性质

采用改进的线性组合算符和幺正变换的方法研究了Rashba效应影响下量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的性质,导出了Rashba效应影响下量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的振动频率、有效质量、基态分裂能和相互作用能。数值计算结果表明随Rashba自旋-轨道耦合常数的增加,由于声子作用产生的附加能量能对零磁场时自旋分裂能的影响占有绝对优势。库仑势对束缚极化子的基态能量的影响同时也占有绝对优势。所以,研究Rashba自旋轨道相互作时声子的影响不可忽略。     

Rashba效应和Zeeman效应对各向异性量子点中束缚磁极化子性质的影响

采用Pekar变分法和幺正变换相结合的方法研究了各向异性量子点中束缚磁极化子的Rashba效应和Zeeman效应.通过理论推导,得到束缚磁极化子基态能量的表达式.讨论了极化子基态能量与横向有效受限长度、纵向有效受限长度、磁场回旋共振频率、库仑束缚势的关系.由于晶体结构反演非对称性和时间反演非对称性,极化子能量发生Rashba自旋轨道分裂和Zeeman分裂.在强、弱磁场下,分别讨论了Zeeman效应和Rashba效应在能量分裂中所占的主导地位.由于声子和杂质的存在,极化子比裸电子态更稳定.     

Rashba效应下量子线中弱耦合束缚极化子的性质

采用改进的线性组合算符和幺正变换相结合的方法研究了Rashba效应对量子线中弱耦合束缚极化子性质的影响.数值计算结果表明Rashba效应影响下,极化子基态能量和有效质量曲线分别分裂成上下两条,有效质量比随着电子-声子耦合强度的增加而增大;当自旋向上时,有效质量比随电子面密度的增加而线性增加,自旋向下则得相反结论;随着振动频率的增加极化子基态能量和基态分裂能均增加.     

二维量子点中极化子的自旋弛豫

在考虑Rashba自旋-轨道耦合的条件下, 采用二次幺正变换和变分方法研究了二维抛物量子点中由于电子与体纵光学声子的耦合作用形成的极化子在基态Zeeman分裂能级上的自旋弛豫过程.这一过程主要是通过吸收或发射一个形变势或压电声学声子完成.具体分析了强、弱耦合两种极限下极化子自旋弛豫率与外磁场、量子点半径、Landau因子参数、Rashba自旋轨道耦合参数的变化关系. 关键词： 自旋弛豫 极化子 Rashba自旋轨道耦合 量子点     

Rashba自旋-轨道耦合下二维双极化子的基态性质

在考虑Rashba自旋-轨道耦合效应下,基于Lee-Low-Pines变换,采用Pekar型变分法研究了量子点中双极化子的基态性质.数值结果表明,在电子-声子强耦合(耦合常数α6)条件下,量子点中形成稳定双极化子结构的条件(结合能E_b0)自然满足;双极化子的结合能E_b随量子点受限强度ω_0、介质的介电常数比η和电子-声子耦合强度α的增大而增加,随Rashba自旋-轨道耦合常数αR的增加表现为直线增加和减小两种截然相反的情形;Rashba效应使双极化子的基态能量分裂为E(↑↑),E(↓↓)和E(↑↓)三条能级,分别对应两电子的自旋取向为"向上"、"向下"和"反平行"三种情形;基态能量的绝对值|E|随η和α的增加而增大,随αR的增加表现为直线增加和减小两种截然相反的情形;在双极化子的基态能量E中,电子-声子耦合能所占据的比例明显大于Rashba自旋-轨道耦合能所占比例,但电子-声子耦合与Rashba自旋-轨道耦合间相互渗透、彼此影响显著.     

抛物量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的性质

研究了抛物量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的性质。采用线性组合算符和幺正变换方法导出了束缚极化子的振动频率和基态能量。讨论了量子点的有效受限长度、电子-LO声子耦合强度和库仑场对抛物量子点中弱耦合极化子的振动频率和基态能量的影响。数值计算结果表明：弱耦合束缚极化子的振动频率和基态能量随有效受限长度的增加而减小,振动频率随库仑势的增加而增加,基态能量随耦合强度、库仑势的增加而减小。     

非对称量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的性质

采用线性组合算符和幺正变换方法研究了非对称量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的性质。导出了非对称量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的振动频率和基态能量随量子点的横向和纵向有效受限长度,库仑束缚势和电子-声子耦合强度的变化关系。通过数值计算,结果表明:非对称量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的振动频率和基态能量随量子点的横向和纵向有效受限长度的减小而迅速增大。     

Rashba效应对抛物量子阱中极化子基态能的影响

采用LLP变分法研究了抛物量子阱中极化子的Rashba效应,得到了极化子基态能量的表达式,并讨论了半阱宽及波矢与基态能量之间的关系.结果显示,基态能量是半阱宽和电子-声子耦合强度的减函数,而是波矢的增函数.由于Rashba效应基态能量零自旋轨道分裂成两支.     

量子点中束缚极化子性质的温度依赖性

采用线性组合算符和幺正变换方法研究抛物量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子性质的温度依赖性,导出了弱耦合束缚极化子的振动频率、基态能量和声子平均数随温度的变化关系。取ZnS晶体为例进行数值计算,结果表明:量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的振动频率、基态能量和声子平均数随温度的升高而增大。     

抛物形量子点中弱耦合极化子的性质

采用线性组合算符和幺正变换方法研究了抛物形量子点中弱耦合极化子的基态能量和束缚能。计算结果表明,基态能量和束缚能随有效束缚强度增加而减小。随着有效束缚强度逐渐加大,最后逐渐趋于体结构极化子的基态能量。当有效束缚强度给定,基态能随电子-体纵光学声子耦合强度增加而减小。由于有效束缚强度与量子点受限强度平方根成反比,所以量子点受限越强,基态能和束缚能越大,电子-体纵光学声子耦合强度的变化对量子点的影响越小。当量子点受限变弱时,电子-体纵光学声子耦合强度变化对量子点的影响变大。所以在量子点弱受限区域,极化子对量子点的影响不容忽略。     

Influence of spin–orbit interactions on the polaron properties in wurtzite semiconductor quantum well

We have study the simultaneous effect of Rashba and Dresselhaus spin–orbit interactions on the polaron properties in wurtzite semiconductor quantum wells. The linear and cubic contributions of the bulk Dresselhaus spin–orbit coupling and the effects of phonon confinement on electron–optical-phonon interaction Hamiltonians are taken into account. We have found analytical solutions for the polaron energies as well as polaron effective mass within the range of validity of perturbation theory. It is shown that the polaron energy and effective mass correction are both significantly enhanced by the spin–orbit coupling. Wave number dependent phonon contribution on the electron energy has minima and varies differently of the spin-up and spin-down states. Polaron self-energy due to interface optical phonon modes has larger values than of the confined optical phonon modes ones. The polaron effective mass exhibits anisotropy and the contribution of the Dresselhaus spin–orbit coupling term on the polaron effective mass is dominated by Rashba one.     

Possible polaron formation of zigzag graphene nano-ribbon in the presence of Rashba spin–orbit coupling

In this article we study the role of Rashba spin–orbit coupling and electron–phonon interaction on the electronic structure of zigzag graphene nanoribbon with different width. The total Hamiltonian of nanoribbon is written in the tight binding form and the electron–electron interaction is modeled in the Hubbard term. We used a unitary transformation to reach an effective Hamiltonian for nano ribbon in the presence of electron–phonon interaction. Our results show that small Rashba spin orbit coupling annihilates the anti-ferromagnetic phase in the zigzag edges of ribbon and the electron–phonon interaction yields small polaron formation in graphene nano ribbon. Furthermore, Rashba type spin–orbit coupling increases (decreases) the polaron formation energy for up (down) spin state.     

Rashba effect of the bound magnetopolaron in an asymmetry quantum well

Using Pekar variational method, we studied the Rashba effect of the bound magnetopolaron in an asymmetry quantum well. The expression of the ground state energy of the bound magnetopolaron is obtained by theoretical derivation. Due to the influence of the Rashba effect, the ground state energy of the bound magnetopolaron splits into two branches. This phenomenon fully demonstrates that the influence of orbit and spin interaction in different directions on the energy of the polaron is not negligible. Because the contribution of the magnetic field cyclotron resonance frequency to the Rashba spin–orbit splitting is a positive value, the energy spacing becomes larger as the magnetic field cyclotron resonance frequency increases. Due to the presence of impurities, the polaron is more stable than the bare electron state, and the energy splitting is more stable.     

Rashba spin–orbit effect on the magnetocapacitance of a 2DEG in a diluted magnetic semiconductor

We investigate the magnetocapacitance of the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) embedded in diluted magnetic semiconductors in the presence of Rashba spin–orbit interaction (SOI). We present calculations on the energy spectrum and density of states and show that the tunable spin–orbit coupling and the enhanced Zeeman splitting have a strong effect on the magnetocapacitance of the structure. In the presence of Rashba SOI, a typical beating pattern with well defined node-positions in the oscillating capacitance is observed. A simple relation that predicts the positions of nodes in the beating patterns is obtained. The interplay between the total Zeeman splitting (including the s–d exchange interaction) and the Rashba SOI is discussed.     

Spin-dependent thermoelectric effect in polaronic Kondo transport through a Rashba quantum dot coupled with ferromagnetic leads

We investigate the spin-dependent thermoelectric effect of a Rashba molecular quantum dot coupled with both ferromagnetic leads and a phonon bath in the Kondo regime. A transport formula is derived to deal with the strong electron–electron and electron–phonon interaction with the spin–orbit coupling of arbitrary intensity simultaneously. The numerical results show that only strengthening the electron–phonon coupling can improve the charge thermopower, while even very small spin–orbit coupling can suppress both the thermocharge figure of merit and the thermospin one at the Kondo temperature greatly. It is also found that the electron–phonon coupling in conjunction with the spin–orbit coupling can rebuild Fermi liquid state in the Kondo regime.     

Bound polaron in a quantum pseudodot under Rashba effect

In the present work, the influence of Rashba effect on bound polaron in a quantum pseudodot is studied. Using the Lee–Low–Pines unitary transformation method and the Pekar type variational procedure, we have derived an expression for the bound polaron ground state energy. The ground state energy as functions of the wave vector, the electron–phonon coupling strength, and quantum confinement size is obtained by considering different Coulomb bound potentials. It is found that (i) the ground state energy is decreased with raising the Coulomb bound potential, the electron–phonon coupling strength, and quantum confinement size. (ii) The ground state energy increases when the wave vector is increasing. (iii) The ground state energy splits into two branches (spin-up and spin-down) due to the Rashba effect.     

Acoustic phonons mediated non-equilibrium spin current in the presence of Rashba and Dresselhaus spin–orbit couplings

Influence of electrons interaction with longitudinal acoustic phonons on magnetoelectric and spin-related transport effects are investigated. The considered system is a two-dimensional electron gas system with both Rashba and Dresselhaus spin–orbit couplings. The works which have previously been performed in this field, have revealed that the Rashba and Dresselhaus couplings cannot be responsible for spin current in the non-equilibrium regime. In the current Letter, a semiclassical method was employed using the Boltzmann approach and it was shown that the spin current of the system, in general, does not go all the way to zero when the electron–phonon coupling is taken into account. It was also shown that spin accumulation of the system could be influenced by electron–phonon coupling.     

Thermoelectric properties of magnetic configurations of graphene-like nanoribbons in the presence of Rashba and spin–orbit interactions

In this paper we investigate the influence of spin–orbit interaction and two types of Rashba interaction (intrinsic and extrinsic) on magnetic and thermoelectric properties of graphene-like zigzag nanoribbons based on the honeycomb lattice. We utilize the Kane-Mele model with additional Rashba interaction terms. Magnetic structure is described by the electron-electron Coulomb repulsion reduced to the on-site interaction (Hubbard term) in the mean field approximation. We consider four types of magnetic configurations: ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic with in-plane and out-of plane direction of magnetization. Firstly, we analyze the influence of extrinsic Rashba coupling on systems with negligible spin–orbit interaction, e.g. graphene of an appropriate substrate. Secondly, we discuss the interplay between spin–orbit and intrinsic Rashba interactions. This part is relevant to materials with significant spin–orbit coupling such as silicene and stanene.