Ballistic side-jump motion of electrons and holes in semiconductor quantum wells

John Schliemann
Phys. Rev. B 75, 045304 – Published 4 January 2007

Abstract

We investigate the ballistic motion of electrons and holes in III-V semiconductor quantum wells with spin-orbit coupling and a homogeneous in-plane electric field. As a result of a nonperturbative treatment of both of these influences, particle wave packets undergo a pronounced side jump perpendicular to the field direction. For wave packets of sufficient width the amplitude of this motion can be estimated analytically and increases with decreasing field strength. We discuss the scaling behavior of the effect and some of its experimental implications.

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  • Received 10 November 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.045304

©2007 American Physical Society

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John Schliemann

  • Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany

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Vol. 75, Iss. 4 — 15 January 2007

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