Separation of Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions using crystal direction dependent transport measurements

Youn Ho Park, Hyung Jun Kim, Joonyeon Chang, Suk Hee Han, Jonghwa Eom, Heon Jin Choi, Hyun Cheol Koo

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Abstract

The Rashba spin-orbit interaction effective field is always in the plane of the two-dimensional electron gas and perpendicular to the carrier wavevector but the direction of the Dresselhaus field depends on the crystal orientation. These two spin-orbit interaction parameters can be determined separately by measuring and analyzing the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations for various crystal directions. In the InAs quantum well system investigated, the Dresselhaus term is just 5% of the Rashba term. The gate dependence of the oscillation patterns clearly shows that only the Rashba term is modulated by an external electric field.

Original languageEnglish
Article number252407
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume103
Issue number25
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013 Dec 16

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (No. 2010-0017457) and the KIST Institutional Program (2E24002, 2E23790).

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Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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