Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 65, Number 6, March 2004
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Page(s) | 850 - 856 | |
Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-10195-x | |
Published online | 01 March 2004 |
Universal Rashba spin precession of two-dimensional electrons and holes
1
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione - via Diotisalvi 2, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
2
Institut für Theoretische Festkörperphysik, Universität Karlsruhe D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
Received:
10
June
2003
Accepted:
5
January
2004
We study spin precession due to Rashba spin splitting of electrons and holes in semiconductor quantum wells. Based on a simple analytical expression that we derive for the current modulation in a broad class of experimental situations of ferromagnet/nonmagnetic semiconductor/ferromagnet hybrid structures, we conclude that the Datta-Das spin transistor i) is feasible with holes and ii) its functionality is not affected by integration over injection angles. The current modulation shows a universal oscillation period, irrespective of the different forms of the Rashba Hamiltonian for electrons and holes. The analytic formulas approximate extremely well exact numerical calculations of a more elaborate Kohn-Luttinger model.
PACS: 85.75.Hh – Spin polarized field effect transistors / 72.25.-b – Spin polarized transport / 73.23.Ad – Ballistic transport
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