The quadrupole mechanism of hole spin relaxation

Details The quadrupole mechanism of hole spin relaxation The quadrupole mechanism of hole spin relaxation

2007-10-07

arxiv.org/abs/0710.1446v3

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

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Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physleta.2008.01.040

For spin-3/2 holes the anisotropic part of the instantaneous Luttinger Hamiltonian can be represented as an effective quadrupole coupling. We investigate the hole spin relaxation process induced by nonadiabatic fluctuations of this interaction. The obtained analytical solution of the stochastic Liouville equation describes the polarization decay of spin-3/2 holes in all regimes of momentum scattering: from collision-dominated to ballistic. Our results create the basis for quantitative interpretation of recent experiments and elucidate the striking difference between the hole spin relaxation process in bulk crystals and 2D semiconductor nanostructures.

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