| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 76, Number 3, November 2006
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 477 - 483 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10285-3 | |
| Published online | 11 October 2006 | |
Harper-Hofstadter problem for a 2D electron gas with 
-linear Rashba spin-orbit coupling
Nizhny Novgorod State University - Gagarin ave. 23 Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russian Federation
Received:
8
July
2006
Accepted:
11
September
2006
The Harper-Hofstadter problem for a two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling subject to periodic potential and perpendicular magnetic field is studied analytically and numerically. The butterfly-like energy spectrum, spinor wave functions as well as the spin density and average spin polarization are calculated for actual parameters of semiconductor structure. Our calculations show that in a two-dimensional electron gas subject to periodic potential and uniform magnetic field the effects of energy spectrum splitting caused by large spin-orbit Rashba coupling can be observed experimentally.
PACS: 71.70.Di – Landau levels / 71.70.Ej – Spin-orbit coupling, Zeeman and Stark splitting, Jahn-Teller effect
© EDP Sciences, 2006
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