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Patrick Altmann Mr.
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2014
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We experimentally investigate the dynamics of a persistent spin helix in etched GaAs wire structures of 2 to 80 um width. Using magneto-optical Kerr rotation with high spatial resolution, we determine the lifetime of the spin helix. A few nanoseconds after locally injecting spin polarization into the wire, the polarization is strongly enhanced as compared to the two-dimensional case. This is mostly attributed to a transition to one-dimensional diffusion, strongly suppressing diffusive dilution of spin polarization. The intrinsic lifetime of the helical mode is only weakly increased, which indicates that the channel confinement can only partially suppress the cubic Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction.
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We study the phase diagram of the interacting two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) with equal Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling, which for weak coupling gives rise to the well-known persistent spin-helix phase. We construct the full Hartree-Fock phase diagram using a classical Monte-Carlo method analogous to that used in Phys.Rev.B 96, 235425 (2017). For the 2DEG with only Rashba spin-orbit coupling, it was found that at intermediate values of the Wigner-Seitz radius rs the system is characterized by a single Fermi surface with an out-of-plane spin polarization, while at slightly larger values of rs it undergoes a transition to a state with a shifted Fermi surface and an in-plane spin polarization. The various phase transitions are first-order, and this shows up in discontinuities in the conductivity and the appearance of anisotropic resistance in the in-plane polarized phase. In this work, we show that the out-of-plane spin-polarized region shrinks as the strength of the Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction increases, and entirely vanishes when the Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling strengths are equal. At this point, the system can be mapped onto a 2DEG without spin-orbit coupling, and this transformation reveals the existence of an in-plane spin-polarized phase with a single, displaced Fermi surface beyond rs > 2.01. This is confirmed by classical Monte-Carlo simulations. We discuss experimental observation and useful applications of the novel phase, as well as caveats of using the classical Monte-Carlo method.
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Time-resolved Kerr-rotation microscopy explores the influence of optical doping on the persistent spin helix in a [001]-grown CdTe quantum well at cryogenic temperatures. Electron spin diffusion dynamics reveal a momentum-dependent effective magnetic field providing SU(2) spin-rotation symmetry, consistent with kinetic theory. The Dresselhaus and Rashba spin-orbit coupling parameters are extracted independently from rotating the spin helix with external magnetic fields applied parallel and perpendicular to the effective magnetic field. Most importantly, a non-uniform spatiotemporal precession pattern is observed. The kinetic theory framework of spin diffusion allows for modeling of this finding by incorporating the photocarrier density into the Rashba ($alpha$) and the Dresselhaus ($beta_3$) parameters. Corresponding calculations are further validated by an excitation-density dependent measurement. This work shows universality of the persistent spin helix by its observation in a II-VI compound and the ability to fine-tune it by optical doping.
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