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Title
Influence of spin-orbit interaction on the magnetotransport of a periodically modulated two-dimensional electron gas
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Abstract
Transport properties of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) are studied in the presence of a normal magnetic field B, of a weak one-dimensional (1D) periodic potential modulation V(x) = V(0)cos(Kx), and of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) of strength a. For V(x) = 0 the SOI mixes the up and down spin states of neighboring Landau levels into two, unequally spaced energy branches. For V(x) not equal 0 these levels broaden into bands and their bandwidths oscillate with B. The n-th level bandwidth of each series vanishes at different values of B. Relative to the ID-modulated 2DEG without SOI and one flat-band condition, there are two flat-band conditions that depend on a and the transport coefficients can change considerably. For weak a the Weiss oscillations show beating patterns while for strong a the Shubnikov-de Haas ones axe split in two.
Language
English
Source (journal)
International journal of modern physics: B: condensed matter physics, statistical physics, applied physics. - Singapore
Source (book)
16th International Conference on High Magnetic Fields in Semiconductor, Physics, AUG 02-06, 2004, Florida State Univ, NHMFL, Tallahassee, FL
Publication
Singapore : 2004
ISSN
0217-9792
DOI
10.1142/S0217979204027220
Volume/pages
18 :27-29 (2004) , p. 3653-3656
ISI
000227140200040
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