Magneto-anisotropic weak antilocalization in near-surface quantum wells

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Main Authors: Farzaneh, S. M., Hatefipour, Mehdi, Schiela, William F., Lotfizadeh, Neda, Yu, Peng, Elfeky, Bassel Heiba, Strickland, William M., Matos-Abiague, Alex, Shabani, Javad
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author Farzaneh, S. M.
Hatefipour, Mehdi
Schiela, William F.
Lotfizadeh, Neda
Yu, Peng
Elfeky, Bassel Heiba
Strickland, William M.
Matos-Abiague, Alex
Shabani, Javad
author_facet Farzaneh, S. M.
Hatefipour, Mehdi
Schiela, William F.
Lotfizadeh, Neda
Yu, Peng
Elfeky, Bassel Heiba
Strickland, William M.
Matos-Abiague, Alex
Shabani, Javad
contents We investigate the effects of an in-plane magnetic field on the weak antilocalization signature of near-surface quantum wells lacking bulk and inversion symmetry. The measured magnetoconductivity exhibits a strong anisotropy with respect to the direction of the in-plane magnetic field. The two-fold symmetry of the observed magneto-anisotropy originates from the competition between Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings. The high sensitivity of the weak antilocalization to the spin texture produced by the combined Zeeman and spin-orbit fields results in very large anisotropy ratios, reaching 100%. Using a semiclassical universal model in quantitative agreement with the experimental data, we uniquely determine the values of the Dresselhaus and Rashba parameters as well as the effective in-plane g-factor of the electrons. Understanding these parameters provides new prospects for novel applications ranging from spintronics to topological quantum computing.
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spellingShingle Magneto-anisotropic weak antilocalization in near-surface quantum wells
Farzaneh, S. M.
Hatefipour, Mehdi
Schiela, William F.
Lotfizadeh, Neda
Yu, Peng
Elfeky, Bassel Heiba
Strickland, William M.
Matos-Abiague, Alex
Shabani, Javad
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Other Condensed Matter
We investigate the effects of an in-plane magnetic field on the weak antilocalization signature of near-surface quantum wells lacking bulk and inversion symmetry. The measured magnetoconductivity exhibits a strong anisotropy with respect to the direction of the in-plane magnetic field. The two-fold symmetry of the observed magneto-anisotropy originates from the competition between Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings. The high sensitivity of the weak antilocalization to the spin texture produced by the combined Zeeman and spin-orbit fields results in very large anisotropy ratios, reaching 100%. Using a semiclassical universal model in quantitative agreement with the experimental data, we uniquely determine the values of the Dresselhaus and Rashba parameters as well as the effective in-plane g-factor of the electrons. Understanding these parameters provides new prospects for novel applications ranging from spintronics to topological quantum computing.
title Magneto-anisotropic weak antilocalization in near-surface quantum wells
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Other Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.06050