Equal coupling strength approach to spin precession effects concerning Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions in the presence of in-plane magnetic fields

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• 作者：C. Micu^a ; E. Papp^b ; ^{gerhardt_1916@yahoo.com}
• 关键词：Spin&ndash ; orbit interactions ; In-plane magnetic fields ; Spin conservations ; Spin precessions ; Current operators
• 刊名：Superlattices and Microstructures
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：122_07496036
• 类别：ms
• 出版时间：May, 2012
• 卷：51
• 期：5
• 页码：651-662
• 文件大小：303 K

摘要

The influence of Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions on the electronic properties of quasi one-dimensional systems like InAs quantum wires is discussed in the presence of in-plane magnetic fields. One shows that equal coupling strength conditions are provided specifically by the commutativity of two-dimensional constituents of velocity and current operators. The interesting point is that equal strength spin-orbit couplings one deals with proceed in conjunction with related spin conservations, which amounts to account for selected orientations of the magnetic field. Accordingly, the in-plane magnetic fields should be directed solely along the bisectrices. Other angles may be conceivable, but in this case spin conservations alluded to above are lost. Such results open the way to a consistent derivation of the equal coupling strength limit of the energy, which leads in turn to the derivation of novel spin-precession effects. A related effective gyromagnetic factor has also been established.