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We investigate theoretically the combined effects of the electron-electron and the Rashba spin-orbit interactions on two electrons confined in quasi-one-dimensional AlInSb-based double quantum dots. We calculate the two-electron wave…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 C. L. Romano , P. I. Tamborenea , S. E. Ulloa

Our recent study [Phys. Rev. B 103, 085309 (2021)] verified the existence of $\bf{k}$-linear Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC) of two-dimensional hole gases in quantum wells (QWs) which originates from a combination of heavy-hole-light-hole…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-17 Jia-Xin Xiong , Shan-Guan , Jun-Wei Luo , Shu-Shen Li

We present a theoretical study of the energy levels in a parabolically confined quantum dot in the presence of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI). The features of some low-lying states in various strengths of the SOI are examined at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. H. Kuan , C. S. Tang , W. Xu

Two-dimensional hole gases in semiconductor quantum wells are promising platforms for spintronics and quantum computation but suffer from the lack of the $\bf{k}$-linear term in the Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC), which is essential for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-03 Jia-Xin Xiong , Shan Guan , Jun-Wei Luo , Shu-Shen Li

We investigate the effect of strong interactions on the spectral properties of quantum wires with strong Rashba spin-orbit interaction in a magnetic field, using a combination of Matrix Product State and bosonization techniques. Quantum…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-06-07 Georg W. Winkler , Martin Ganahl , Dirk Schuricht , Hans Gerd Evertz , Sabine Andergassen

Confinement asymmetry effects on the photoabsorption of a quantum well are discussed by means of a sum-rules approach using a Hamiltonian including a Rashba spin-orbt coupling. We show that while the strength of the excitation is zero when…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-18 A. Ambrosetti , J. M Escartin , E. Lipparini , F. Pederiva

Changes dopant ion concentrations in the sides of a symmetric quantum well are known to create a random Rashba-type spin-orbit coupling. Here we demonstrate that, as a consequence, a finite size spin-Hall effect is also present. Our…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. P. Moca , D. C. Marinescu , S. Filip

The spin-orbit interaction (SOI) of the two-dimensional hole gas in the inversion symmetric semiconductor Ge is studied in a strained-Ge/SiGe quantum well structure. We observed weak anti-localization (WAL) in the magnetoconductivity…

Using spin and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy we investigate a momentum region in Pb quantum well states on Si(111) where hybridization between Rashba-split bands alters the band structure significantly. Starting from the Rashba…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-03-24 Bartosz Slomski , Gabriel Landolt , Stefan Muff , Fabian Meier , Jürg Osterwalder , J. Hugo Dil

We explore the impact of a Rashba-type spin-orbit interaction in the conduction band on the spin dynamics of hot excitons in diluted magnetic semiconductor quantum wells. In materials with strong spin-orbit coupling, we identify parameter…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-30 Florian Ungar , Pablo Ignacio Tamborenea , Vollrath Martin Axt

Magneto-transport properties of a two-dimensional electron gas in a chain of planar quantum rings are investigated under the Rashba spin-orbit interaction and a transverse homogeneous magnetic field. A modulation potential function models…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-30 Armen Harutyunyan

We investigate the relationship between the Zeeman interaction and the inversion asymmetry induced spin orbit interactions (Rashba and Dresselhaus SOIs) in GaAs hole quantum point contacts. The presence of a strong SOI results in crossing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-12 A. Srinivasan , D. S. Miserev , K. L. Hudson , O. Klochan , K. Muraki , Y. Hirayama , D. Reuter , A. D. Wieck , O. P. Sushkov , A. R. Hamilton

We consider a spin-orbit coupled system of particles in an external trap that is represented by a deformed harmonic oscillator potential. The spin-orbit interaction is a Rashba interaction that does not commute with the trapping potential…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2013-06-25 O. V. Marchukov , A. G. Volosniev , D. V. Fedorov , A. S. Jensen , N. T. Zinner

Intensive theoretical studies have recently predicted that a Bose-Einstein condensate will exhibit a variety of novel properties if spin-orbit coupling is present. However, an unambiguous fact has also been pointed out: Rashba coupling…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-11 Qi Zhou , Xiaoling Cui

The spin-orbit interaction is the key element for electrically tunable spin qubits. Here we probe the effect of cubic Rashba spin-orbit interaction on mixing of the spin states by investigating singlet-triplet oscillations in a planar Ge…

We demonstrate experimentally and theoretically that two-dimensional (2D) heavy hole systems in single heterostructures exhibit a \emph{decrease} in spin-orbit interaction-induced spin splitting with an increase in perpendicular electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Habib , E. Tutuc , S. Melinte , M. Shayegan , D. Wasserman , S. A. Lyon , R. Winkler

We study the ground state properties of spin-half bosons subjected to the Rashba spin-orbit coupling in two dimensions. Due to the enhancement of the low energy density of states, it is expected that the effect of interaction becomes more…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-03-02 Zhihao Xu , Zhenhua Yu , Shizhong Zhang

We study the ground-state properties of electrons confined to a quantum wire and subject to a smoothly modulated Rashba spin-orbit coupling. When the period of the modulation becomes commensurate with the band filling, the Rashba coupling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-28 G. I. Japaridze , Henrik Johannesson , Alvaro Ferraz

We have investigated the effect of spin-orbit (SO) coupling on the emission spectra of a quantum cascade laser. In an externally applied magnetic field parallel to the electron plane, the SO coupling would result in a double-peak structure…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 V. Apalkov , A. Bagga , T. Chakraborty

We calculate the superconducting $T_c$ for a system which experiences Rashba spin-orbit interactions. Contrary to the usual case where the electron-electron interaction is assumed to be wave vector-independent, where superconductivity is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-09-05 Joel Hutchinson , J. E. Hirsch , Frank Marsiglio