Bound magnetopolaron in delta GaAs quantum dot under Rashba effect

This paper presents the influence of Rashba effect on bound magnetopolaron in delta quantum dot. The unitary transformation method and the variational method of Pekar type have been used to derive the ground and first excited state energy. Due to Rashba effect, the ground and first excited states each split into two energies (spin up and down). Results show that the split up(down) energy of ground and first excited states are increasing (decreasing) function of wave vector; the spin splitting of the ground and first excited states are decreasing function of the delta parameter and the increasing function of Rashba parameter. It has also be seen that the splitting of energies levels occur around the value $q=0$. The density of probability has its minimum value at the center of the dot while it is maximal at the boundary of the dot. The decoherence has been studied through the Shannon entropy and the results show increase of entropy with time, delta parameter K, and cyclotron frequency ω_c. It also suggests a way to encrypt information and to control decoherence.     

Thermodynamic behaviour of Rashba quantum dot in the presence of magnetic field

The thermodynamic properties of an In Sb quantum dot have been investigated in the presence of Rashba spin–orbit interaction and a static magnetic field. The energy spectrum and wave-functions for the system are obtained by solving the Schrodinger wave-equation analytically. These energy levels are employed to calculate the specific heat, entropy,magnetization and susceptibility of the quantum dot system using canonical formalism. It is observed that the system is susceptible to maximum heat absorption at a particular value of magnetic field which depends on the Rashba coupling parameter as well as the temperature. The variation of specific heat shows a Schottky-like anomaly in the low temperature limit and rapidly converges to the value of 2kB with the further increase in temperature. The entropy of the quantum dot is found to be inversely proportional to the magnetic field but has a direct variation with temperature. The substantial effect of Rashba spin–orbit interaction on the magnetic properties of quantum dot is observed at low values of magnetic field and temperature.     

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.     

Electron g-factor in quantum wire in the presence of Rashba effect and magnetic field

In this paper, we study the electron effective Landé g-factor in the InAs quantum wire under an applied magnetic field and the Rashba effect. For this goal, we first present an analytic solution to one-particle Schrödinger equation in the presence of both magnetic field and spin-orbit interaction (SOI). Then, using the obtained energy levels, we study the electron effective Landé g-factor. It is found that: (i) The effective Landé g-factor decreases when magnetic field increases. (ii) By increasing the confinement length l₀, the electron g-factor decreases. (iii) By increasing the strength of SOI, the electron g-factor increases.     

PbTe/PbSrTe半导体非对称量子阱中的Rashba效应

窄带隙半导体异质结构的自旋效应最近受到了国际上的很大关注.Ⅳ-Ⅵ族半导体具有各向异性和多能谷的特征,因此可以预期Rashba自旋效应在不同取向的Ⅳ-Ⅵ族半导体量子阱结构中存在显著差异.计算了多个取向的Pb_1-ySr_yTe/PbTe/Pb_1-xSr_xTe非对称量子阱中的Rashba分裂能,结果表明［100］取向的PbTe量子阱的Rashba分裂能在阱宽为5.0nm时 关键词： Ⅳ-Ⅵ族半导体 非对称量子阱 Rashba效应 自旋-轨道耦合分裂     

Interplay of Rashba effect and spin Hall effect in perpendicular Pt/Co/MgO magnetic multilayers

The interplay of the Rashba effect and the spin Hall effect originating from current induced spin–orbit coupling was investigated in the as-deposited and annealed Pt/Co/MgO stacks with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The above two effects were analyzed based on Hall measurements under external magnetic fields longitudinal and vertical to dc current,respectively. The coercive field as a function of dc current in vertical mode with only the Rashba effect involved decreases due to thermal annealing. Meanwhile, spin orbit torques calculated from Hall resistance with only the spin Hall effect involved in the longitudinal mode decrease in the annealed sample. The experimental results prove that the bottom Pt/Co interface rather than the Co/MgO top one plays a more critical role in both Rashba effect and spin Hall effect.     

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.     

Time-evolution of electronic states in a Rashba anisotropic two-dimensional quantum dot

In this article we present the time evolution of the electronic spin and subbands states, of an electron in an anisotropic two dimensional Rashba quantum dot, to which a magnetic field of arbitrary strength is applied. We also explicitly include the confining (gate) effects as a two dimensional anisotropic harmonic oscillator. From the governing Hamiltonian we compute the time evolution of the initial state, leading to spin and subbands averages as functions of time. Our results indicate that the spin, on the average, precesses about the magnetic field, on an ellipse with intrinsic wobbling. The subbands populations, similar to the case of atom-photon interaction, follow the pattern of collapse–revivals.     

Spin current and its heat effect in a multichannel quantum wire with Rashba spinben orbit coupling

Using the perturbation method, we theoretically study the spin current and its heat effect in a multichannel quantum wire with Rashba spin—orbit coupling. The heat generated by the spin current is calculated. With the increase of the width of the quantum wire, the spin current and the heat generated both exhibit period oscillations with equal amplitudes. When the quantum-channel number is doubled, the oscillation periods of the spin current and of the heat generated both decrease by a factor of 2. For the spin current j_s,xy, the amplitude increases with the decrease of the quantum channel; while the amplitude of the spin current j_s,yx remains the same. Therefore we conclude that the effect of the quantum-channel number on the spin current j_s,xy is greater than that on the spin current j_s,yx. The strength of the Rashba spin—orbit coupling is tunable by the gate voltage, and the gate voltage can be varied experimentally, which implies a new method of detecting the spin current. In addition, we can control the amplitude and the oscillation period of the spin current by controlling the number of the quantum channels. All these characteristics of the spin current will be very important for detecting and controlling the spin current, and especially for designing new spintronic devices in the future.     

Spin current and its heat effect in a multichannel quantum wire with Rashba spin-orbit coupling

Using the perturbation method,we theoretically study the spin current and its heat effect in a multichannel quantum wire with Rashba spin-orbit coupling.The heat generated by the spin current is calculated.With the increase of the width of the quantum wire,the spin current and the heat generated both exhibit period oscillations with equal amplitudes.When the quantum-channel number is doubled,the oscillation periods of the spin current and of the heat generated both decrease by a factor of 2.For the spin current j s,xy,the amplitude increases with the decrease of the quantum channel;while the amplitude of the spin current j s,yx remains the same.Therefore we conclude that the effect of the quantum-channel number on the spin current j s,xy is greater than that on the spin current j s,yx.The strength of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling is tunable by the gate voltage,and the gate voltage can be varied experimentally,which implies a new method of detecting the spin current.In addition,we can control the amplitude and the oscillation period of the spin current by controlling the number of the quantum channels.All these characteristics of the spin current will be very important for detecting and controlling the spin current,and especially for designing new spintronic devices in the future.     

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     

Fano effect of a parallel-coupled triple Rashba quantum dot system

Using the nonequilibrium Keldysh Green's function technique, the Fano effect of a parallel-coupled triple Rashba quantum dot system is investigated. The conductance as a function of electron energy is numerically calculated. Compared with the case of a parallel-coupled double quantum dot system, two additional Fano resonance peaks occur in the conductance spectrum. By adjusting the structural parameters, the two Fano resonance peaks may change into the resonance peaks. In addition, the influence of Rashba spin-orbit interaction on the conductance is studied.     

HgTe/HgCdTe量子阱中巨大电子Rashba自旋分裂

主要研究具有倒置能带结构的n-HgTe/HgCdTe第三类量子阱Shubnikov-de Haas（SdH）振荡中的拍频现象.发现在量子阱中电子存在强烈的Rashba自旋分裂，通过对SdH振荡进行三种不同方法的分析：SdH振荡对1/B关系的快速傅里叶变换、SdH振荡中拍频节点分析和对SdH振荡拍频数值拟合，得到了完全一致的电子Rashba自旋分裂能量（28—36 meV）. 关键词： n-HgTe/HgCdTe Shubnikov-de Haas振荡 Rashba自旋分裂     

Properties of strong-coupling magneto-bipolaron qubit in quantum dot under magnetic field

Based on the variational method of Pekar type, we study the energies and the wave-functions of the ground and the first-excited states of magneto-bipolaron, which is strongly coupled to the LO phonon in a parabolic potential quantum dot under an applied magnetic field, thus built up a quantum dot magneto-bipolaron qubit. The results show that the oscillation period of the probability density of the two electrons in the qubit decreases with increasing electron–phonon coupling strength α, resonant frequency of the magnetic field ω_c, confinement strength of the quantum dot ω_0, and dielectric constant ratio of the medium η; the probability density of the two electrons in the qubit oscillates periodically with increasing time t, angular coordinate φ_2, and dielectric constant ratio of the medium η; the probability of electron appearing near the center of the quantum dot is larger, and the probability of electron appearing away from the center of the quantum dot is much smaller.     

Spin Accumulation in a Rashba Nanoribbon

We investigate theoretically the spin accumulation in a Rashba spin-orbit coupling （SOC） nanoribbon nonadiabatically connected to a normal conductor. Both the nanoribbon and conductor are described by a hard-wall confining potential. Using the scattering matrix approach within the effective free-electron approximation, we have calculated the out-of-plane spin accumulation in the nanoribbon. It is found that the spin accumulation shifts toward the two edges of nanoribbon with the increasing of propagation modes. Specifically, as the Rashba SOC strength increases the spin accumulation in the nanoribbon will be enhanced and this result may suggest us a simple method to control the spin accumulation of the system by Rashba SOC strength.     

Electron spin resonance and Rashba field in GaN-based materials

We discuss problem of Rashba field in bulk GaN and in GaN/Al_xGa_1−xN two-dimensional electron gas, basing on results of X-band microwave resonance experiments. We point at large difference in spin-orbit coupling between bulk material and heterostructures. We observe coupled plasmon-cyclotron resonance from the two-dimensional electron gas, but no spin resonance, being consistent with large zero-field spin splitting due to the Rashba field reported in the literature. In contrast, small anisotropy of g-factor of GaN effective mass donors indicates rather weak Rashba spin-orbit coupling in bulk material, not exceed 400 G, α_BIA<4×10⁻¹³ eVcm. Furthermore, we observe new kind of electron spin resonance in GaN, which we attribute to surface electron accumulation layer. We conclude that the sizable Rashba field in GaN/Al_xGa_1−xN heterostructures originates from properties of the interface.     

Thermopower of a ballistic nanowire subjected to an in-plane magnetic field in the presence of Rashba and Dresselhaus interactions

Using the single-particle formalism, we calculate the thermopower of conduction electrons in a nanowire considering dispersion relations containing local maxima. At low temperatures, the thermopower exhibits positive and negative peaks that are consistent with Mott's approximation. The peaks are degenerate at a certain direction of the magnetic field defined by the strengths of the Rashba and Dresselhaus interactions. The sign and the height of the peak depend on the number of channels available for conduction.     

Effect of eccentricity in the spin accumulation effect induced in semiconductors rings with Rashba spin orbit interaction

A spin accumulation effect (SAE) is induced in a semiconductor nanoring with Rashba spin orbit interaction and pierced by a magnetic flux. We show that when the sample is not perfectly symmetric, the profile of the SAE can be highly inhomogeneous along specific orientations. In particular, we analyze the anisotropy generated in the angular profile by a finite eccentricity. We discuss the feasibility of detecting the effect with usual magneto optical techniques for a number of electrons and values of magnetic fluxes experimentally accessible.     

相互作用量子点系统中的场致自旋电流

从理论上研究了相互作用量子点在外部旋转磁场下的非平衡自旋输运性质，研究结果表明，量子点中的相干自旋振荡可以导致自旋电流的产生，当计入库仑关联相互作用后，近藤共振效应受外部进动磁场的影响很强，特别是当磁场的进动频率与塞曼能移满足共振条件时，每个自旋近藤峰就会劈裂为两个自旋共振峰的叠加，在低温强耦合区，这种近藤型共隧穿过程对自旋电流带来重要贡献。     

Spin Accumulation in a Rashba Nanoribbon

We investigate theoretically the spin accumulation in a Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC) nanoribbon nonadiabatically connected to a normal conductor. Both the nanoribbon and conductor are described by a hard-wall confining potential. Using thescattering matrix approach within the effective free-electron approximation, we have calculated the out-of-plane spin accumulation in the nanoribbon. It is found that the spin accumulation shifts toward the two edges of nanoribbon with the increasing of propagation modes. Specifically, as the Rashba SOC strength increases the spin accumulation in the nanoribbon will be enhanced and this result may suggest us a simple method to control the spin accumulation of the system by Rashba SOC strength.