Spin relaxation is investigated theoretically in two-dimensional systems. Various
semiconductor structures of both n and p types are studied in detail. The most important spin …

We review the spin splitting of subband energies caused by bulk and structure inversion
asymmetries in semiconductor III–V and II–VI heterostructures. We present both theoretical …

The past few decades of research and development in solid-state semicon ductor physics
and electronics have witnessed a rapid growth in the drive to exploit quantum mechanics in …

I? rst heard of k· p in a course on semiconductor physics taught by my thesis adviser William
Paul at Harvard in the fall of 1956. He presented the k· p Hamiltonian as a semiempirical …

Abstract In two-dimensional (2D) hole systems the inversion asymmetry induced spin
splitting differs remarkably from its familiar counterpart in the conduction band. While the so …

The reduced point symmetry C 2 v of a zinc-blende-based (001) interface allows mixing
between heavy-and light-hole states even under normal incidence. We have generalized …

The spin-orbit splitting in the dispersion relation for electrons in III-V semiconductor
asymmetric quantum wells is studied within the standard envelope-function formalism …

A method is developed for eliminating spurious solutions from eight-band k⋅ p theory. It
reduces the bulk dispersion to a cubic equation (quadratic along< 001> and< 111>), yet …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the basic aspects of intersubband transitions,
with the main emphasis on linear absorption. An expression for the intersubband absorption …

We report quantitative experimental and theoretical results revealing the tunability of spin
splitting in high-mobility two-dimensional GaAs hole systems, confined to either a square or …