Role of the spin-orbit interaction in elastic scattering of electrons in quantum wells

نویسندگان

  • H. C. Huang
  • O. Voskoboynikov
  • C. P. Lee
چکیده

We present a theoretical study of the spin-dependent electron scattering from screened impurities in III–V semiconductor quantum wells. The effective one band Hamiltonian and the Rashba spin-orbit interaction are used. We calculated the Mott scattering cross-section and the Sherman function for two-dimensional electrons spin-polarized parallel to the z-axis (direction of structure growth). We have found a large spin-dependent asymmetry in the elastic cross-section for electrons scattered from impurities in CdTe/InSb/CdTe symmetrical semiconductor quantum wells. The Sherman function amplitude for repulsive impurities in CdTe/InSb/CdTe quantum wells is predicted to be about 0.01 q 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Microelectronics Journal

دوره 34  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003