Weak antilocalization and zero-field electron spin splitting in AlxGa1-xN/AlN/GaN heterostructures with a polarization-induced two-dimensional electron gas
Weak antilocalization and zero-field electron spin splitting in AlxGa1-xN/AlN/GaN heterostructures with a polarization-induced two-dimensional electron gas
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.74.113308
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发表时间:
2006-09-01
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Litvinov, V. I.
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作者:
Kurdak, C.;Biyikli, N.;Litvinov, V. I.
Spin-orbit coupling is studied using the quantum interference corrections to conductance in AlxGa1-xN/AlN/GaN two-dimensional electron systems where the carrier density is controlled by the persistent photoconductivity effect. All the samples studied exhibit a weak antilocalization feature with a spin-orbit field of around 1.8 mT. The zero-field electron spin splitting energies extracted from the weak antilocalization measurements are found to scale linearly with the Fermi wave vector (E-SS=2 alpha k(f)) with an effective linear spin-orbit coupling parameter alpha=5.5x10(-13) eV m. The spin-orbit times extracted from our measurements varied from 0.74 to 8.24 ps within the carrier density range of this experiment.