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Double-exciton component of the cyclotron spin-flip mode in a quantum Hall ferromagnet
We report on the calculation of the cyclotron spin-flip excitation (CSFE) in
a spin-polarized quantum Hall system at unit filling. This mode has a
double-exciton component which contributes to the CSFE correlation energy but
can not be found by means of a mean field approach. The result is compared with
available experimental data.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figure
Ideal switching effect in periodic spin-orbit coupling structures
An ideal switching effect is discovered in a semiconductor nanowire with a
spatially-periodic Rashba structure. Bistable `ON' and `OFF' states can be
realized by tuning the gate voltage applied on the Rashba regions. The energy
range and position of `OFF' states can be manipulated effectively by varying
the strength of the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and the unit length of the
periodic structure, respectively. The switching effect of the nanowire is found
to be tolerant of small random fluctuations of SOC strength in the periodic
structure. This ideal switching effect might be applicable in future spintronic
devices.Comment: 4 pages and 4 figure
Quantum transport in a curved one-dimensional quantum wire with spin-orbit interactions
The one-dimensional effective Hamiltonian for a planar curvilinear quantum
wire with arbitrary shape is proposed in the presence of the Rashba spin-orbit
interaction. Single electron propagation through a device of two straight lines
conjugated with an arc has been investigated and the analytic expressions of
the reflection and transmission probabilities have been derived. The effects of
the device geometry and the spin-orbit coupling strength on the
reflection and transmission probabilities and the conductance are investigated
in the case of spin polarized electron incidence. We find that no spin-flip
exists in the reflection of the first junction. The reflection probabilities
are mainly influenced by the arc angle and the radius, while the transmission
probabilities are affected by both spin-orbit coupling and the device geometry.
The probabilities and the conductance take the general behavior of oscillation
versus the device geometry parameters and . Especially the electron
transportation varies periodically versus the arc angle . We also
investigate the relationship between the conductance and the electron energy,
and find that electron resonant transmission occurs for certain energy.
Finally, the electron transmission for the incoming electron with arbitrary
state is considered. For the outgoing electron, the polarization ratio is
obtained and the effects of the incoming electron state are discussed. We find
that the outgoing electron state can be spin polarization and reveal the
polarized conditions.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figure
Spin states and persistent currents in a mesoscopic ring with an embedded magnetic impurity
Spin states and persistent currents are investigated theoretically in a
mesoscopic ring with an embedded magnetic ion under a uniform magnetic field
including the spin-orbit interactions. The magnetic impurity acts as a
spin-dependent -potential for electrons and results in gaps in the
energy spectrum, consequently suppresses the oscillation of the persistent
currents. The competition between the Zeeman splittings and the -
exchange interaction leads to a transition of the electron ground state in the
ring. The interplay between the periodic potential induced by the Rashba and
Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions and the -potential induced by the
magnetic impurity leads to significant variation in the energy spectrum, charge
density distribution, and persistent currents of electrons in the ring.Comment: 8 pages, 11 figure
Spin Hall effect in a Kagome lattice driven by Rashba spin-orbit interaction
Using four-terminal Landauer-B\"{u}ttiker formalism and Green's function
technique, in this present paper, we calculate numerically spin Hall
conductance (SHC) and longitudinal conductance of a finite size kagome lattice
with Rashba spin-orbit (SO) interaction both in presence and absence of
external magnetic flux in clean limit. In the absence of magnetic flux, we
observe that depending on the Fermi surface topology of the system SHC changes
its sign at different values of Fermi energy, along with the band center.
Unlike the infinite system (where SHC is a universal constant ), here SHC depends on the external parameters like SO coupling strength,
Fermi energy, etc. We show that in the presence of any arbitrary magnetic flux,
periodicity of the system is lost and the features of SHC tends to get reduced
because of elastic scattering. But again at some typical values of flux
($\phi=1/2, 1/4, 3/4..., etc.) the system retains its periodicity depending on
its size and the features of spin Hall effect (SHE) reappears. Our predicted
results may be useful in providing a deeper insight into the experimental
realization of SHE in such geometries.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figure
Spin-orbit-induced correlations of the local density of states in two-dimensional electron gas
We study the local density of states (LDOS) of two-dimensional electrons in
the presence of spin-orbit (SO) coupling. Although SO coupling has no effect on
the average density of states, it manifests itself in the correlations of the
LDOS. Namely, the correlation function acquires two satellites centered at
energy difference equal to the SO splitting, , of the electron
Fermi surface. For a smooth disorder the satellites are well separated from the
main peak. Weak Zeeman splitting in a parallel
magnetic field causes an anomaly in the shape of the satellites. We consider
the effect of SO-induced satellites in the LDOS correlations on the shape of
the correlation function of resonant-tunneling conductances at different
source-drain biases, which can be measured experimentally. This shape is
strongly sensitive to the relation between and .Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
Massive Spin Collective Mode in Quantum Hall Ferromagnet
It is shown that the collective spin rotation of a single Skyrmion in quantum
Hall ferromagnet can be regarded as precession of the entire spin texture in
the external magnetic field, with an effective moment of inertia which becomes
infinite in the zero g-factor limit. This low-lying spin excitation may
dramatically enhance the nuclear spin relaxation rate via the hyperfine
interaction in the quantum well slightly away from filling factor equal one.Comment: 4 page
Sound and Heat Absorption by a 2D Electron Gas in an Odd-Integer Quantized-Hall Regime
The absorption of bulk acoustic phonons in a two-dimensional (2D) GaAs/AlGaAs
heterostructure is studied (in the clean limit) where the 2D electron-gas
(2DEG), being in an odd-integer quantum-Hall state, is in fact a spin
dielectric. Of the two channels of phonon absorption associated with excitation
of spin waves, one, which is due to the spin-orbit (SO) coupling of electrons,
involves a change of the spin state of the system and the other does not. We
show that the phonon-absorption rate corresponding to the former channel (in
the paper designated as the second absorption channel) is finite at zero
temperature (), whereas that corresponding to the latter (designated as the
first channel) vanishes for . The long-wavelength limit, being the
special case of the first absorption channel, corresponds to sound (bulk and
surface) attenuation by the 2DEG. At the same time, the ballistic phonon
propagation and heat absorption are determined by both channels. The 2DEG
overheat and the attendant spin-state change are found under the conditions of
permanent nonequilibrium phonon pumping.Comment: 26 pages, 2 figure
Electron spin-orbit splitting in InGaAs/InP quantum well studied by means of the weak antilocalization and spin-zero effects in tilted magnetic fields
The coupling between Zeeman spin splitting and Rashba spin-orbit terms has
been studied experimentally in a gated InGaAs/InP quantum well structure by
means of simultaneous measurements of the weak antilocalization (WAL) effect
and beating in the SdH oscillations. The strength of the Zeeman splitting was
regulated by tilting the magnetic field with the spin-zeros in the SdH
oscillations, which are not always present, being enhanced by the tilt. In
tilted fields the spin-orbit and Zeeman splittings are not additive, and a
simple expression is given for the energy levels. The Rashba parameter and the
electron g-factor were extracted from the position of the spin zeros in tilted
fields. A good agreement is obtained for the spin-orbit coupling strength from
the spin-zeros and weak antilocalization measurements.Comment: Accepted for publication in Semiconductors Science and Technolog
Topological defects and Goldstone excitations in domain walls between ferromagnetic quantum Hall effect liquids
It is shown that the low-energy spectrum of a ferromagnetic quantum Hall
effect liquid in a system with a multi-domain structure generated by an
inhomogeneous bare Zeeman splitting is formed by excitations
localized at the walls between domains. For a step-like , the
domain wall spectrum includes a spin-wave with a linear dispersion and a small
gap due to spin-orbit coupling, and a low-energy topological defects. The
latter are charged and may dominate in the transport under conditions that the
percolation through the network of domain walls is provided.Comment: 4 pages, 1 fi
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