Spin-orbit Coupling Effects in Two-Dimensional Electron and Hole Systems

• Main Author: Winkler, Roland (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 191
• Subjects: Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Condensed matter.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Condensed Matter Physics.

Spin-orbit coupling makes the spin degree of freedom respond to its orbital environment. In solids this yields such intriguing phenomena as a spin splitting of electron states in inversion-asymmetric systems even at zero magnetic field and a Zeeman splitting that is significantly enhanced in magnitu...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Band Structure of Semiconductors
• The Extended Kane Model
• Electron and Hole States in Quasi 2D Systems
• Origin of Spin-Orbit Coupling Effects
• Inversion Asymmetry Induced Spin Splitting
• Anisotropic Zeeman Splitting in Quasi 2D Systems
• Landau Levels and Cyclotron Resonance
• Anomalous Magneto-Oscillations
• Conclusions
• Notation and Symbols
• Quasi Degenerate Perturbation Theory
• The Extended Kane Model: Tables
• Band Structure Parameters.