Spin dynamics in semiconductors

MW Wu, JH Jiang, MQ Weng - Physics Reports, 2010 - Elsevier
This article reviews the current status of spin dynamics in semiconductors which has
achieved much progress in the recent years due to the fast growing field of semiconductor …

Interplay of Rashba/Dresselhaus spin splittings probed by photogalvanic spectroscopy–A review

SD Ganichev, LE Golub - physica status solidi (b), 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The paper reviews the interplay of Rashba/Dresselhaus spin splittings in various two‐
dimensional systems made of zinc‐blende III–V, wurtzite, and SiGe semiconductors. We …

Diamagnetic mechanism of critical current non-reciprocity in multilayered superconductors

A Sundaresh, JI Väyrynen, Y Lyanda-Geller… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The suggestion that non-reciprocal critical current (NRC) may be an intrinsic property of non-
centrosymmetric superconductors has generated renewed theoretical and experimental …

Spin-dependent photovoltaic and photogalvanic responses of optoelectronic devices based on chiral two-dimensional hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites

J Wang, H Lu, X Pan, J Xu, H Liu, X Liu, DR Khanal… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites (2D-HOIPs) that form natural
multiple quantum wells have attracted increased research interest due to their interesting …

Observation of Spin Splitting in Room‐Temperature Metallic Antiferromagnet CrSb

M Zeng, MY Zhu, YP Zhu, XR Liu, XM Ma… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, unconventional antiferromagnets that enable the spin splitting (SS) of electronic
states have been theoretically proposed and experimentally realized, where the magnetic …

Semiconductor spintronics

J Fabian, A Matos-Abiague, C Ertler, P Stano… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2007 - arxiv.org
Spintronics refers commonly to phenomena in which the spin of electrons in a solid state
environment plays the determining role. In a more narrow sense spintronics is an emerging …

Theory of spin torque due to spin-orbit coupling

A Manchon, S Zhang - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2009 - APS
The combined effect of spin-orbit coupling and exchange interaction in a single
ferromagnetic layer is investigated. It is shown that, in nonequilibrium regime, the spin-orbit …

Rashba and Dresselhaus couplings in halide perovskites: Accomplishments and opportunities for spintronics and spin–orbitronics

M Kepenekian, J Even - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
In halide hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites (HOPs), spin–orbit coupling (SOC) presents
a well-documented large influence on band structure. However, SOC may also present more …

Gate-controlled persistent spin helix state in (In, Ga) As quantum wells

M Kohda, V Lechner, Y Kunihashi, T Dollinger… - Physical Review B …, 2012 - APS
In layered semiconductors with spin-orbit interaction (SOI) a persistent spin helix (PSH) state
with suppressed spin relaxation is expected if the strengths of the Rashba and Dresselhaus …

Spin-orbit interaction in symmetric wells with two subbands

E Bernardes, J Schliemann, M Lee, JC Egues, D Loss - Physical review letters, 2007 - APS
We investigate the spin-orbit (SO) interaction in two-dimensional electron gases in quantum
wells with two subbands. From the 8× 8 Kane model, we derive a new intersubband-induced …