窄禁带稀磁半导体二维电子气的拍频振荡

通过对调制掺杂的n型Hg_0.82Cd_0.16Mn_0.02Te/Hg_0.3Cd_0.7Te第一类量子阱中磁性二维电子气磁阻拍频振荡的研究，发现温度、栅压的变化都会引起磁阻拍频节点位置的变化.从对拍频的分析中，可以将依赖于栅压的Rashba自旋-轨道分裂和依赖于温度的巨大塞曼分裂区分开来. 关键词： 磁性二维电子气 自旋分裂 sp-d交换相互作用 拍频     

赝形InGaAs/InAlAs渐变异质结中的零磁场自旋分裂

在赝形渐变InGaAs/In_0.52Al_0.48As异质结的二维电子气中,发现了自旋方向向上的电子和自旋向下的电子在零磁场下存在着自旋分裂.利用Shubnikov-de Haas振荡研究了异质结中的自旋分裂行为,通过振荡中的拍频现象,发现了零磁场下的自旋分裂量为8.76meV. 关键词：     

窄禁带稀磁半导体二维电子气的磁阻振荡研究

通过改变温度和磁场方向对调制掺杂的n型Hg_0.82Cd_0.16Mn_0.02Te/Hg_0.3Cd_0.7Te第一类量子阱中磁性二维电子气磁阻拍频振荡进行了深入的研究，发现不仅温度的变化能够引起磁阻拍频节点位置的变化. 而且改变磁场方向，可以分别调整塞曼分裂和朗道分裂. 从对拍频的分析中，可以将依赖于磁场垂直方向的朗道能级分裂和依赖于整个磁场大小的塞曼分裂区分开来. 关键词： 磁性二维电子气 自旋分裂 塞曼分裂 拍频     

GeFe2O4晶体的基态能级和零场分裂参量

GeFe₂O₄是一种单晶化合物，考虑到由3个〈111〉方向之一的一个 轴，从一个中心位置 到另一个中心位置之间，以Fe²⁺离子为中心离子和O^2-为配体构 成了三角（C 3v）对称体系.利用不可约张量理论，建立了3d⁴/3d⁶离子三角（C3 v）对称的晶体场和 自旋相互作用哈密顿矩阵，因此，由完全对角化的晶体场和自旋-轨道相互作用哈密顿矩阵 和电子顺磁共振理论公式求出单晶GeFe₂O₄中Fe²⁺离子 的电子顺磁共振零场分 裂参量D和F-a.并研究了自旋三重态对电子顺磁共振（EPR）零场分裂的贡献.结果显示自旋 三重态对基态零场分裂的贡献是较强的，理论计算结果与实验值相符. 关键词： 自旋三重态 晶体场 低自旋态 高自旋态 零场分裂     

绿宝石晶体自旋二重态对基态能级的影响及Jahn-Teller效应

应用不可约张量方法和群的理论构造了三角对称晶场中考虑自旋 轨道相互作用,自旋 自旋相互作用和自旋 其它轨道相互作用的3d3/3d7态离子的可完全对角化的120阶微扰哈密顿矩阵.利用该矩阵计算了绿宝石晶体的基态能级、零场分裂参量,研究了自旋二重态对基态能级的贡献.理论计算值与实验值相符合,证明二重态对基态的贡献是不可忽略的.在此基础上,进一步研究了自旋 自旋相互作用、自旋 其它轨道相互作用和自旋 轨道相互作用对绿宝石晶体的光谱精细结构和零场分裂参量的影响,发现自旋 自旋和自旋 其它轨道相互作用对绿宝石晶体基态能级和零场分裂参量的影响都是不可忽略的.从而通过理论计算值和实验值的比较,证实了在绿宝石晶体中Jahn Teller效应的存在,它能够对光谱精细结构的分裂提出一些更加合理的解释.     

YAG:Cr3+晶体的基态能级分裂及扬-特勒效应

应用不可约张量法和群的理论构造了三角对称晶场中3d3/3d7态离子的可完全对角化的120阶微扰哈密顿矩阵.矩阵中考虑了自旋-轨道相互作用,自旋-自旋相互作用和自旋-其他轨道相互作用,利用该矩阵计算了YAG.Cr3 晶体的基态能级、零场分裂参量,研究了自旋二重态对基态能级的贡献,理论计算值与实验值相符合,证明二重态对基态的贡献是不可忽略的.在此基础上,进一步研究了自旋-轨道相互作用、自旋-自旋相互作用和自旋-其他轨道相互作用对YAG:Cr3 晶体的光谱精细结构和零场分裂参量的影响,发现自旋-自旋和自旋-其他轨道相互作用对YAG晶体基态光谱精细结构和零场分裂参量的影响都是不可忽略的.通过理论计算值和实验值的比较,证实了在YAG:Cr3 晶体光谱中扬-特勒效应的存在.     

Cr~(3 )∶MgAl_2O_4晶体的基态能级分裂及Jahn-Teller效应

构造了3d3/3d7离子在三角对称晶场中考虑自旋-轨道相互作用,自旋-自旋相互作用和自旋-其它轨道相互作用的120阶微扰哈密顿矩阵.利用完全对角化该矩阵的方法计算了Cr3 ∶MgAl2O4晶体的基态能级、零场分裂参量,理论计算值与实验值相符合.定量研究了自旋二重态对基态能级的贡献,证明该贡献是不可忽略的.定量研究了自旋-轨道相互作用、自旋-自旋相互作用和自旋-其它轨道相互作用对Cr3 ∶MgAl2O4晶体的光谱精细结构和零场分裂参量的影响,发现自旋-轨道和自旋-自旋相互作用对基态能级和零场分裂参量的影响的程度和方式是不同的,自旋-其它轨道相互作用的影响也是不可忽略的.通过理论计算值和实验值的比较,证实了在Cr3 ∶MgAl2O4晶体中Jahn-Teller效应的存在,解释了该晶体的光谱精细结构的成因.     

MnFe2O4晶体的基态能级和零场分裂参量

由不可约张量理论构成一个3d4/3d6离子三角(C3V)对称的晶体场和自旋-轨道相互作用哈密顿矩阵,由这个晶体场和自旋-轨道相互作用哈密顿矩阵被完全对角化后能够求出MnFe2O4晶体中的Fe2+离子的电子顺磁共振零场分裂参量D和F-a,计算了低自旋态(3L态)对电子顺磁共振零场分裂参量(D,F-a)的贡献.结果显示低自旋3L态对电子顺磁共振的零场分裂参量的贡献是较强的.理论计算的结果与实验值是相符的.     

Cr3+∶MgAl2O4晶体的基态能级分裂及Jahn-Teller效应*

构造了3d3/3d7离子在三角对称晶场中考虑自旋-轨道相互作用,自旋-自旋相互作用和自旋-其它轨道相互作用的120阶微扰哈密顿矩阵.利用完全对角化该矩阵的方法计算了Cr3+∶MgAl2O4晶体的基态能级、零场分裂参量,理论计算值与实验值相符合.定量研究了自旋二重态对基态能级的贡献,证明该贡献是不可忽略的.定量研究了自旋-轨道相互作用、自旋-自旋相互作用和自旋-其它轨道相互作用对Cr3+∶MgAl2O4晶体的光谱精细结构和零场分裂参量的影响,发现自旋-轨道和自旋-自旋相互作用对基态能级和零场分裂参量的影响的程度和方式是不同的,自旋-其它轨道相互作用的影响也是不可忽略的.通过理论计算值和实验值的比较,证实了在Cr3+∶MgAl2O4晶体中Jahn-Teller效应的存在,解释了该晶体的光谱精细结构的成因.     

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 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.     

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.     

Magnetopumping current in graphene Corbino pump

We study conductance and adiabatic pumped charge and spin currents in a graphene quantum pump with Corbino geometry in the presence of an applied perpendicular magnetic field. Pump is driven by the periodic and out of phase modulations of the magnetic field and an electrostatic potential applied to the ring area of the pump. We show that Zeeman splitting, despite its smallness, suppresses conductance and pumped current oscillations at zero doping. Moreover, quite considerable spin conductance and pumped spin current are generated at low dopings due to Zeeman splitting. We find that pumped charge and spin currents increase by increasing the magnetic field, with small oscillations, until they are suppressed due to the effect of nonzero doping and Zeeman splitting.     

Growth and studies of Hg1−xCdxTe based low dimensional structures

The band structure of HgTe quantum wells (QWs) has been determined from absorption experiments on superlattices in conjunction with calculations based on an 8×8 k·p model. The band structure combined with self-consistent Hartree calculations has enabled transport results to be quantitatively explained.Rashba spin–orbit, (SO) splitting has been investigated in n-type modulation doped HgTe QWs by means of Shubnikov–de Haas oscillations (SdH) in gated Hall bars. The heavy hole nature of the H1 conduction subband in QWs with an inverted band structure greatly enhances the Rashba SO splitting, with values up to 17 meV.By analyzing the SdH oscillations of a magnetic two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in modulation-doped n-type Hg_1−xMn_xTe QWs, we have been able to separate the gate voltage-dependent Rashba SO splitting from the temperature-dependent giant Zeeman splitting, which are of comparable magnitudes. In addition, hot electrons and Mn ions in a magnetic 2DEG have been investigated as a function of current.Nano-scale structures of lower dimensions are planned and experiments on sub-micrometer magneto-transport structures have resulted in the first evidence for ballistic transport in quasi-1D HgTe QW structures.     

Zero-field spin splitting in a two-dimensional electron gas with the spin-orbit interaction revisited

We consider a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) with the Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. We derive analytical expressions of the density of states (DOS) of a 2DEG with the Rashba SOI in the presence of a magnetic field by using the Green's function technique. The DOS allows us to obtain the analytical expressions of the magnetoconductivities for spin-up and spin-down electrons. The conductivities for spin-up and spin-down electrons oscillate with different frequencies and give rise to the beating patterns in the amplitude of the Shubnikov-de Haas (SdH) oscillations. We find a simple equation which determines the zero-field spin splitting energy if the magnetic field corresponding to any beat node is known from the experiment. Our analytical results reproduce well the experimentally observed non-periodic beating patterns, number of oscillations between two successive nodes and the measured zero-field spin splitting energy.     

Magnetoreflection of s-excitons in cubic ZnSe

The s-exciton spectrum of cubic ZnSe has been studied in magnetic fields up to 9T. The Zeeman splittings and diamagnetic shifts together with the energies of the 1s-, 2s-, 3s-states in zero field yield information about the valence band parameters. The spin coupling scheme of the 1s-state is discussed by means of the experimentally determined longitudinal-transverse splitting and exchange interaction.     

Electronic structure of paramagnetic In<Subscript>1-x</Subscript>Mn<Subscript>x</Subscript> As nanowires

The electronic structure, spin splitting energies, and g factors of paramagnetic In_1-xMn_xAs nanowires under magnetic and electric fields are investigated theoretically including the sp-d exchange interaction between the carriers and the magnetic ion. We find that the effective g factor changes dramatically with the magnetic field. The spin splitting due to the sp-d exchange interaction counteracts the Zeeman spin splitting. The effective g factor can be tuned to zero by the external magnetic field. There is also spin splitting under an electric field due to the Rashba spin-orbit coupling which is a relativistic effect. The spin-degenerated bands split at nonzero k_z (k_z is the wave vector in the wire direction), and the spin-splitting bands cross at k_z = 0, whose k_z-positive part and negative part are symmetrical. A proper magnetic field makes the k_z-positive part and negative part of the bands asymmetrical, and the bands cross at nonzero k_z. In the absence of magnetic field, the electron Rashba coefficient increases almost linearly with the electric field, while the hole Rashba coefficient increases at first and then decreases as the electric field increases. The hole Rashba coefficient can be tuned to zero by the electric field.     

Pauli paramagnetism and Landau level crossing in a modulation doped CdMnTe/CdMgTe quantum well

Electrical transport measurements are reported on a 2DEG in a CdMnTe quantum well structure. The amplitude of the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations show a distinct beating pattern with nodes corresponding to coincidences between the spin splitting and a half integer multiple of the cyclotron energy. The observed pattern of nodes is a direct consequence of the large Pauli paramagnetism induced by the s-d exchange interaction between the spins of electronic states and the localized magnetic moments.     

Influence of spin–orbit interaction,Zeeman effect and light polarisation on the electronic and optical properties of pseudo-elliptic quantum rings under magnetic field

ABSTRACT

We theoretically investigated the influences of the magnetic field and light polarisation on the electronic and optical properties of a GaAs/GaAlAs pseudo-elliptic quantum ring, modelled by an outer ellipsis and an inner circle, in the presence of the Rashba and Dresselhaus spin–orbit interactions and Zeeman effect. We show that Aharonov-Bohm oscillations of the energy spectrum are not affected by the presence of the Zeeman effect alone but, in the presence of Rashba and Dresselhaus spin–orbit couplings, the periodicity of certain levels becomes hardly definite. The Zeeman effect generally enhances/diminishes the separation levels produced by Rashba/Dresselhaus interactions (SOI) and when both types of SOI are considered, the effect depends on their relative strength. The magnetic field can trigger spin-flip for each type of spin–orbit interaction and Zeeman effect or their combination through anticrossings in the energy spectra. Our results reveal that the absorption spectra are very sensitive to the magnetic field and light polarisation. For all polarisations considered, the magnetic field increment leads to the redshift or blueshift of some particular peaks (an effect of this ring geometry) and a better separation of the peaks. The x-polarised light determines spectra with many small, but separated peaks while the circular polarised light leads to spectra with large peaks of high amplitude.