Harper-Hofstadter problem for 2D electron gas with -linear Rashba spin-orbit coupling
arXiv:cond-mat/0607216 · doi:10.1209/epl/i2006-10285-3
Abstract
The Harper-Hofstadter problem for two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling subject to periodic potential and perpendicular magnetic field is studied analytically and numerically. The butterfly-like energy spectrum, spinor wave functions as well as the spin density and average spin polarization are calculated for actual parameters of semiconductor structure. Our calculations show that in two-dimensional electron gas subject to periodic potential and uniform magnetic field the effects of energy spectrum splitting caused by large spin-orbit Rashba coupling can be observed experimentally.
8 pages, 6 figures. submitted to Europhys. Letters