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1、Vol.30,No.6JournalofSemiconductorsJune2009Effectofastepquantumwellstructureandanelectric-fieldontheRashbaspinsplitting∗HaoYafei(),ChenYonghai()†,HaoGuodong(),andWangZhanguo()(KeyLaboratoryofSemiconductorMaterialsScience,InstituteofSemiconductors,ChineseAcademyofSciences,Beijing100083,China)
2、Abstract:SpinsplittingofconductionsubbandsinAl0.3Ga0.7As/GaAs/AlxGa1−xAs/Al0.3Ga0.7AsstepquantumwellsinducedbyinterfaceandelectricfieldrelatedRashbaeffectsisinvestigatedtheoreticallybythemethodoffinitedifference.Thedependenceofthespinsplittingontheelectricfieldandthewellstructure,whichiscon
3、trolledbythewellwidthandthestepwidth,isinvestigatedindetail.Withoutanexternalelectricfield,thespinsplittingisinducedbyaninterfacerelatedRashbatermduetothebuilt-instructureinversionasymmetry.ApplyingtheexternalelectricfieldtothestepQW,theRashbaeffectcanbeenhancedorweakened,dependingonthewell
4、structureaswellasthedirectionandthemagnitudeoftheelectricfield.ThespinsplittingismainlycontrolledbytheinterfacerelatedRashbatermunderanegativeandastrongerpositiveelectricfield,andthecontributionoftheelectricfieldrelatedRashbatermdominatesinasmallrangeofaweakerpositiveelectricfield.Amethodto
5、determinetheinterfaceparameterisproposed.TheresultsshowthatthestepQWsmightbeusedasspinswitches.Keywords:Rashbaeffect;stepquantumwells;electricfield;interfaceDOI:10.1088/1674-4926/30/6/062001PACC:7170E;7320D1.IntroductionIthasbeenshownthattheRashbaspin-orbitcouplingcanbecontrolledbyagatevolt
6、age,whichoffersthepossibilityofalteringthesymmetryofthequantumwell(QW)[1−3].Thisprovidesaneffectivewaytorealizetheso-calledspinfieldef-fecttransistor[4,5]andotherspintronicdevices[6,7].However,tricfield,whichiscontrolledbythegatevoltage,tosuchastepQWmayaffecttheSIAofthestepQW.Ithasbeenre-p
7、ortedthattheintroductionofanInPlayerabovetheQWaffectsthespin-orbitinteractionbytheeffectofthedopingposition[14].Inthispaper,wewillshowtheeffectoftheex-ternalelectricfieldandthestructureofthestepQW,weighedbythewellwidthandstepwidth,onthespinsplittingofthe