Knox, C orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-5649, Li, L orcid.org/0000-0003-4998-7259, Rosamond, M et al. (2 more authors) (2018) Deconvolution of Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling by crystal axis dependent measurements of coupled InAs/GaSb quantum wells. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 98 (15). ARTN 155323. ISSN 1098-0121
Abstract
The Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction is expected to perturb the quantum spin Hall phase predicted to arise within InAs/GaSb coupled quantum wells. To gain a greater understanding of this interaction, the spin-orbit coupling in two InAs/GaSb coupled quantum well samples, grown along the [001] axis, was investigated along three different in-plane crystallographic axes. By measuring the crystallographic axis dependence of the Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling, we can deconvolute this coupling from the spin splitting arising from axis-invariant Rashba spin-orbit coupling. We find that the Dresselhaus parameter is robust against an external gate bias and small changes in growth conditions, with an associated Dresselhaus parameter of (0.20 ± 0.08) × 10⁻¹¹eV m being measured across all samples and top gate bias conditions. In addition, we show that the asymmetries associated with the coupled quantum well structure, leading to Rashba spin-orbit coupling, are likely to play a dominant role in determining the spin-orbit interaction experienced by a quantum spin Hall state as the system is tuned towards charge neutrality.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 American Physical Society. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Physical Review B. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Hall effect; Quantum spin; Spin-orbit coupling; III-V semiconductors; Quantum wells Hall bar; Molecular beam; epitaxy; Shubnikov-de Haas effect |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering (Leeds) > Pollard Institute (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) > Condensed Matter (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Nov 2018 09:59 |
Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2024 11:20 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.155323 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:138072 |