Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction in semiconductor quantum wells |
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Authors: | Y F Hao |
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Institution: | 1.Physics Department,Zhejiang Normal University,Zhejiang,P.R. China;2.Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,P.R. China |
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Abstract: | We theoretically investigate the Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction in
AlAs/GaAs/Al0.3Ga0.7As/AlAs step-quantum wells. The ratio of Rashba
and Dresselhaus spin splitting can be effectively manipulated by the well width and step
width in the absence of electric field and magnetic field. When the well width of the
step-quantum well is wider than 10 nm, the total spin splitting, which contains the
contribution of interface as well as linear and cubic Dresselhaus terms, is always the
greatest when the width of GaAs layer equals to about 2 nm. When the well width is wider
than 2 nm, two different step widths can meet the SU(2) symmetry conditions, the smaller
one of them results in maximum spin relaxation time. We also predict the application of
the step-quantum well in spintronic devices. |
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