We have developed a theory of the longitudinal $g$ factor of light holes in semiconductor quantum wells. It is shown that the absolute value of the light-hole $g$-factor can strongly exceed its value in the bulk and, moreover, the dependence of the Zeeman splitting on magnetic field becomes non-linear in relatively low fields. These effects are determined by the proximity of the ground light-hole subband, $lh1$, to the first excited heavy-hole subband, $hh2$, in GaAs/AlGaAs-type structures. The particular calculations are performed in the framework of Luttinger Hamiltonian taking into account both the magnetic field-induced mixing of $lh1$ and $hh2$ states and the mixing of these states at heterointerfaces, the latter caused by chemical bonds anisotropy. A theory of magneto-induced reflection and transmission of light through the quantum wells for the light-hole-to-electron absorption edge is also presented.
Motivated by recent breakthrough in molecular beam epitaxy of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells [Y. J. Chung \textit{et al.}, Nature Materials \textbf{20}, 632 (2021)], we examine contributions to mobility and quantum mobility from various scattering mechanisms and their dependencies on the electron density. We find that at lower electron densities, $n_e \lesssim 1 \times 10^{11}$ cm$^{-2}$, both transport and quantum mobility are limited by unintentional background impurities and follow a power law dependence, $\propto n_e^α$, with $α\approx 0.85$. Our predictions for quantum mobility are in reasonab…
Quantum corrections to the conductivity and Hall coefficient of a 2D electron gas in a dirty AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well: transition from diffusive to ballistic regime
本文报道了AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs量子阱中低迁移率、高密度二维电子气在宽温度范围（1.5 K - 110 K）内纵向电导率和霍尔系数的量子修正实验研究。这个温度范围涵盖了我们的样品的扩散和弹道相互作用制度。因此，可以研究纵向电导率和霍尔效应的交叉区域。
Lattice matched GaAs/AlGaAs epitaxial structures with quantum dots are studied under static uniaxial stress applied either along the $[001]$ or $[110]$ crystal directions. We conduct simultaneous measurements of the spectral shifts in the photoluminescence of the bulk GaAs substrate, which relate to strain via deformation potentials $a$ and $b$, and the quadrupolar shifts in the optically detected nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of the quantum dots, which relate to the same strain via the gradient-elastic tensor $S_{ijkl}$. Measurements in two uniaxial stress configurations are used to deri…
The effect of spin-orbit interaction was studied in a high-quality $p$-AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs structure with a square quantum well using acoustic methods. The structure grown on a GaAs (100) substrate was symmetrically doped with carbon on both sides of the quantum well. Shubnikov-de Haas-type oscillations of the ac conductance of two-dimensional holes were measured. At a low magnetic field $B <$2 T conductance oscillations undergo beating induced by a spin-orbit interaction. Analysis of the beating character made it possible to separate the conductance contributions from the two heavy holes subba…
Quantum corrections to the conductivity and Hall coefficient of a two-dimensional electron gas in a dirty AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well: from the diffusive to the ballistic regime
Temperature and Electron Density Dependence of Spin Relaxation in GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Well
利用时间分辨克尔旋转技术研究了具有不同结构对称性的GaAs/AlGaAs量子阱的自旋动力学随温度和载流子密度的变化。与非对称GaAs量子阱相比，对称GaAs量子阱的自旋弛豫时间要长得多，表明Rashba自旋轨道耦合对自旋弛豫有很强的影响. D 'yakonov-Perel'（DP）机制是GaAs/AlGaAs量子阱自旋弛豫的主要机制。自旋弛豫时间表现出非单调依赖于温度和光激发载流子密度的行为，揭示了电子-电子库仑散射的非单调温度和密度依赖性的重要作用。我们的实验观察表明，与最近发展的自旋弛豫理论的基础上微观动力学自旋布洛赫方程的方法很好的协议。
We study phonon emission in a GaAs/AlGaAs double quantum dot by monitoring the tunneling of a single electron between the two dots. We prepare the system such that a known amount of energy is emitted in the transition process. The energy is converted into lattice vibrations and the resulting tunneling rate depends strongly on the phonon scattering and its effective phonon spectral density. We are able to fit the measured transition rates and see imprints of interference of phonons with themselves causing oscillations in the transition rates.
We study hydrodynamic and ballistic transport regimes through nonlocal resistance measurements and high-resolution kinetic simulations in a mesoscopic structure on a high-mobility two-dimensional electron system in a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure. We evince the existence of collective transport phenomena in both regimes and demonstrate that negative nonlocal resistances and current vortices are not exclusive to only the hydrodynamic regime. The combined experiments and simulations highlight the importance of device design, measurement schemes and one-to-one modeling of experimental devices to de…
利用一种新型的碳掺杂源，在GaAs/AlGaAs异质结中的对称量子阱结构中制备了二维空穴气。在密度为2.3 x 10^11 cm^-2时，GaAs（001）衬底上的低温空穴迁移率高达1.2 x 10^6 cm ^2/Vs。与电子系统相比，空穴迁移率敏感地依赖于量子阱宽度和间隔层厚度的变化。特别地，量子阱宽度从15 nm的最佳值增加到18 nm伴随着空穴迁移率降低35%。超高迁移率电子系统的质量不受所采用的碳掺杂源的影响。
