Abstract
We investigated the effect of an in-plane electric field on drifting spins in a GaAs quantum well. Kerr rotation images of the drifting spins revealed that the spin precession wavelength increases with increasing drift velocity regardless of the transport direction. A model developed for drifting spins with a heated electron distribution suggests that the in-plane electric field enhances the effective magnetic field component originating from the cubic Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 187703 |
Journal | Physical review letters |
Volume | 119 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 Oct 31 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)