Unidirectional spin-orbit interaction and spin-helix state in a (110)-oriented GaAs/(Al,Ga)As quantum well

作者:Chen Y S*; Faelt S; Wegscheider W; Salis G
来源:Physical Review B, 2014, 90(12): 121304.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.90.121304

摘要

The Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction is quantitatively investigated in a (110)-oriented GaAs quantum well by means of time- and spatially resolved Kerr rotation. The experimental results directly demonstrate a unidirectional out-of-plane spin-orbit interaction that linearly depends on the electron momentum along the [110] direction and vanishes for the electron momentum along the [001] direction. Spatially resolved measurements of the diffusion-driven spin precession dynamics provide evidence of the formation of a persistent spin-helix state in this system.

  • 出版日期2014-9-18