Spin properties of a two dimensional electron system: valley degeneracy and finite thickness effects

Details Spin properties of a two dimensional electron system: valley degeneracy and finite thickness effects Spin properties of a two dimensional electron system: valley degeneracy and finite thickness effects

2011-06-02

arxiv.org/abs/1106.0471v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

10 pages, 13 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B

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The spin susceptibility of a two-dimensional electron system is calculated by determining the spin-polarization dependence of the ground-state energy within the self-consistent mean-field theory of Singwi et al. (STLS). Results are presented for three different devices, viz. the Si (100) inversion layer, the AlAs quantum well, and the GaAs heterojunction-insulated gate field-effect transistor. We find a fairly good agreement with experiments for the Si (100) system, on most of the experimental density range, whereas the agreement for the AlAs and GaAs systems is less satisfactory; in all cases, however, it is vital to include the characteristic device parameters like the valley degeneracy, the finite transverse thickness, etc. Further, the STLS theory predicts an abrupt spin-polarization transition at a sufficiently low electron density irrespective of the valley degeneracy and/or the finite thickness, with the partially spin-polarized states remaining unstable. Moreover, in the Si (100) inversion layer, the spin-polarization transition is preceded by the simultaneous valley- and spin- polarization; for its zero thickness model, these transitions however grossly disagree with the recent quantum Monte Carlo simulations. This drawback of the STLS theory is traced to its inaccuracy in treating electron correlations, which in turn become more and more important as the number of independent components (spin and valley) increases.

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