Weak localization in p-type heterostructures in the presence of parallel magnetic field

Abstract

Theory of weak localization is developed for two-dimensional holes in the presence of in-plane magnetic field. The Zeeman splitting even in the hole momentum results in the spin-dependent phase changing the quantum interference. The negative correction to the conductivity is shown to decrease by a factor of two by the in-plane magnetic field. The positive magnetoconductivity in a classically weak perpendicular field caused by the weak localization is calculated for both quadratic and quartic in momentum Zeeman hole splittings. Calculations show that the conductivity corrections are very close to each other in these two cases of low and high hole density.

arXiv comment6 pages, 3 figures. Paper for Special issue of JETP celebrating the 95-th anniversary of E. I. Rashba

References in corpus (11)

• Weak antilocalization in high-mobility two-dimensional systems
• Nonbackscattering Contribution to the Weak Localization
• Spin-orbit interaction and weak localization in heterostructures
• Dimensional reduction of the Luttinger Hamiltonian and g-factors of holes in symmetric two-dimensional semiconductor heterostructures
• Quantum and classical multiple scattering effects in spin dynamics of cavity polaritons
• Weak localization of Dirac fermions in graphene beyond the diffusion regime
• Strong enhancement of heavy-hole Landé factor $q$ in InGaAs symmetric quantum dots revealed by coherent optical spectroscopy
• Signatures of quantum mechanical Zeeman effect in classical transport due to topological properties of two-dimensional spin-3/2 holes
• Non-diffusion theory of weak localization in graphene
• Weak antilocalization in two-dimensional systems with large Rashba splitting
• Weak localization in low-symmetry quantum wells