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Electron spin relaxation in n-type InAs quantum wires

Materials Science 2009-10-03 v2

Abstract

We investigate the electron spin relaxation of nn-type InAs quantum wires by numerically solving the fully microscopic kinetic spin Bloch equations with the relevant scattering explicitly included. We find that the quantum-wire size and the growth direction influence the spin relaxation time by modulating the spin-orbit coupling. Due to inter-subband scattering in connection with the spin-orbit interaction, spin-relaxation in quantum wires can show different characteristics from those in bulk or quantum wells and can be effectively manipulated by various means.

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@article{arxiv.0905.0937,
  title  = {Electron spin relaxation in n-type InAs quantum wires},
  author = {C. Lü and H. C. Schneider and M. W. Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.0937},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 6 figures

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