Universal modeling of weak antilocalization corrections in quasi-two-dimensional electron systems using predetermined return orbitals

A. Sawada and T. Koga
Phys. Rev. E 95, 023309 – Published 21 February 2017
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Abstract

We have developed a method to calculate the weak localization and antilocalization corrections based on the real-space simulation, where we provide 147 885 predetermined return orbitals of quasi-two-dimensional electrons with up to 5000 scattering events that are repeatedly used. Our model subsumes that of Golub [L. E. Golub, Phys. Rev. B 71, 235310 (2005)] when the Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) is assumed. Our computation is very simple, fast, and versatile, where the numerical results, obtained all at once, cover wide ranges of the magnetic field under various one-electron interactions H exactly. Thus, it has straightforward extensibility to incorporate interactions other than the Rashba SOI, such as the linear and cubic Dresselhaus SOIs, Zeeman effect, and even interactions relevant to the valley and pseudo spin degrees of freedom, which should provide a unique tool to study new classes of materials like emerging 2D materials. Using our computation, we also demonstrate the robustness of a persistent spin helix state against the cubic Dresselhaus SOI.

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  • Received 16 June 2016
  • Revised 4 August 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.95.023309

©2017 American Physical Society

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General Physics

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A. Sawada and T. Koga*

  • Division of Electronics for Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0814, Japan

  • *koga@ist.hokudai.ac.jp

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Vol. 95, Iss. 2 — February 2017

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