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Capacitance of Gated GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructures Subject to In-plane Magnetic Fields
A detailed analysis of the capacitance of gated GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures
is presented. The nonlinear dependence of the capacitance on the gate voltage
and in-plane magnetic field is discussed together with the capacitance quantum
steps connected with a population of higher 2D gas subbands. The results of
full self-consistent numerical calculations are compared to recent experimental
data.Comment: 4 pages, Revtex. 4 PostScript figures in an uuencoded compressed file
available upon request. Phys. Rev.B, in pres
Novel critical field in magneto-resistance oscillation of 2DEG in asymmetric GaAs/AlGaAs double wells measured as a function of the in-plane magnetic field
We have investigated the magnetoresistance of strongly asymmetric double-well
structures formed by a thin AlGaAs barrier grown far from the interface in the
GaAs buffer of standard heterostructures. In magnetic fields oriented parallel
to the electron layers, the magnetoresistance exhibits an oscillation
associated with the depopulation of the higher occupied subband and with the
field-induced transition into a decoupled bilayer. In addition, the increasing
field transfers electrons from the triangular to rectangular well and, at high
enough field value, the triangular well is emptied. Consequently, the
electronic system becomes a single layer which leads to a sharp step in the
density of electron states and to an additional minimum in the
magnetoresistance curve.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figure
Resistance spikes and domain wall loops in Ising quantum Hall ferromagnets
We explain the recent observation of resistance spikes and hysteretic
transport properties in Ising quantum Hall ferromagnets in terms of the unique
physics of their domain walls. Self-consistent RPA/Hartree-Fock theory is
applied to microscopically determine properties of the ground state and
domain-wall excitations. In these systems domain wall loops support
one-dimensional electron systems with an effective mass comparable to the bare
electron mass and may carry charge. Our theory is able to account
quantitatively for the experimental Ising critical temperature and to explain
characteristics of the resistive hysteresis loops.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Large Tunneling Anisotropic Magneto-Seebeck Effect in a CoPt|MgO|Pt Tunnel Junction
We theoretically investigate the Tunneling Anisotropic Magneto-Seebeck effect
in a realistically-modeled CoPt|MgO|Pt tunnel junction using coherent transport
calculations. For comparison we study the tunneling magneto-Seebeck effect in
CoPt|MgO|CoPt as well. We find that the magneto-Seebeck ratio of CoPt|MgO|Pt
exceeds that of CoPt|MgO|CoPt for small barrier thicknesses, reaching 175% at
room temperature. This result provides a sharp contrast to the
magnetoresistance, which behaves oppositely for all barrier thicknesses and
differs by one order of magnitude between devices. Here the magnetoresistance
results from differences in transmission brought upon by changing the tunnel
junction's magnetization configuration. The magneto-Seebeck effect results from
variations in asymmetry of the energy-dependent transmission instead. We report
that this difference in origin allows for CoPt|MgO|Pt to possess strong thermal
magnetic-transport anisotropy.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure
Modeling of diffusion of injected electron spins in spin-orbit coupled microchannels
We report on a theoretical study of spin dynamics of an ensemble of
spin-polarized electrons injected in a diffusive microchannel with linear
Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling. We explore the dependence of the
spin-precession and spin-diffusion lengths on the strengths of spin-orbit
interaction and external magnetic fields, microchannel width, and orientation.
Our results are based on numerical Monte Carlo simulations and on approximate
analytical formulas, both treating the spin dynamics quantum-mechanically. We
conclude that spin-diffusion lengths comparable or larger than the
precession-length occur i) in the vicinity of the persistent spin helix regime
for arbitrary channel width, and ii) in channels of similar or smaller width
than the precession length, independent of the ratio of Rashba and Dresselhaus
fields. For similar strengths of the Rashba and Dresselhaus fields, the
steady-state spin-density oscillates or remains constant along the channel for
channels parallel to the in-plane diagonal crystal directions. An oscillatory
spin-polarization pattern tilted by 45 with respect to the channel
axis is predicted for channels along the main cubic crystal directions. For
typical experimental system parameters, magnetic fields of the order of Tesla
are required to affect the spin-diffusion and spin-precession lengths.Comment: Replaced with final version (some explanations and figures improved).
8 pages, 6 figure
Quantum dynamics following electron photodetachment in the I-Ar2 complex: How Good Are New Separable and Non-Separable Simulation Methods?
The process of electron photodetachment in the I-Ar2 cluster is chosen for testing new approximate quantum dynamical methods - the Classical Separable Potential (CSP) approach and its Configuration Interaction (CI-CSP) extension. The results are encouraging in the sense of a quantitative agreement between the CSP and the established Time-Dependent Self-Consistent Field schemes, and in the fact that inclusion of correlations via the CI-CSP approach brings the results significantly closer to numerically exact ones. These findings justify applying the new methods to fast dynamical processes in moderately quantal large polyatomic systems, where other approaches become computationally extremely demanding or unfeasible
Longitudinal conductivity and transverse charge redistribution in coupled quantum wells subject to in-plane magnetic fields
In double quantum wells electrons experience a Lorentz force oriented
perpendicular to the structure plane when an electric current is driven
perpendicular to the direction of an in-plane magnetic field. Consequently, the
excess charge is accumulated in one of the wells. The polarization of a bilayer
electron system and the corresponding Hall voltage are shown to contribute
substantially to the in-plane conductivity.Comment: 3 pages, 2 figure
Photolysis of Hydrogen Chloride Embedded in the First Argon Solvation Shell: Rotational Control and Quantum Dynamics of Photofragments
Under standard conditions reaction yields are connected with terms like free energy differences and thermal distributions. However, many modern experimental techniques, such as supersonic beam expansion or matrix isolation, deal with cryogenic temperatures and isolated reactants in inert clusters or solid matrices. Under these conditions the photochemical reaction mechanism is in many cases strongly dependent on the shape of delocalized initial vibrational or rotational wavefunctions of the reactants which can be employed for an efficient reaction yield control. Here, we apply, using quantum molecular dynamics simulations,such a scheme to the rotational control of photolysis of the HCl molecule embedded in an icosahedral Ar12cluster. First, the HCl molecule is preexcited into a specific low lying rotational level. Depending on the rotational state, the hydrogen probability is enhanced in different directions within the cluster. In a second step, the HCl molecule is photolyzed by a UV pulse. The rapidly dissociating hydrogen atom reaches then primarily either the holes in the solvent shell or the argon atoms, depending on the rotational preexcitation. Starting either from the ground or from the first totally symmetric excited rotational states, the direct dissociation and the delayed process accompanied with a temporary trapping of the hydrogen atom have very different relative yields. As a consequence, differences up to a factor of five in the temporary population of the hydrogen atom inside the cluster after the first hydrogen - cage collision are observed. In the energy domain a significant difference in the structure of the kinetic energy distribution spectra, connected with the existence of short-lived vibrational resonances of the hydrogen atom, is predicted
Librational control of photochemical reactions in small clusters
A novel approach to the control of photochemical reaction yield in hydrogen containing clusters is outlined and applied to the process of the Cl2 molecule formation from a UV photolyzed Cl...HCl species. The control mechanism consists in a far-IR preexcitation of the large amplitude hydrogenic bending (librational) mode prior to the HCl photodissociation, leading to more than a factor of two enhancement of the Cl2 yield both in the parent and deuterated cluster
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