arXiv · cond-mat/0608632
Fractional form of the 0.7(2e2/h) feature
Abstract
We present the first findings of the spin transistor effect in the Rashba gate-controlled ring embedded in the p-type self-assembled silicon quantum well that is prepared on the n-type Si (100) surface. The coherence and phase sensitivity of the spin-dependent transport of holes are studied by varying the value of the external magnetic field and the top gate voltage that are applied perpendicularly to the plane of the double-slit ring and revealed by the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) and Aharonov-Casher (AC) conductance oscillations, respectively. Firstly, the amplitude and phase sensitivity of the 0.7(2e2/h) feature of the hole quantum conductance staircase revealed by the quantum point contact inserted in the one of the arms of the double-slit ring are found to result from the interplay of the spontaneous spin polarization and the Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI). Secondly, the values of the AC conductance oscillations caused by the Rashba SOI are found to take the fractional form with both the plateaus and steps as a function of the top gate voltage.
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N. T. Bagraev, N. G. Galkin, W. Gehlhoff, L. E. Klyachkin, A. M. Malyarenko, I. A. Shelykh. 2006-08-29. Fractional form of the 0.7(2e2/h) feature. https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0608632
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