Control of the spin geometric phase in semiconductor quantum rings

Fumiya Nagasawa, Diego Frustaglia, Henri Saarikoski, Klaus Richter and Junsaku Nitta ()
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Fumiya Nagasawa: Tohoku University
Diego Frustaglia: Universidad de Sevilla
Henri Saarikoski: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Regensburg
Klaus Richter: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Regensburg
Junsaku Nitta: Tohoku University

Nature Communications, 2013, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Since the formulation of the geometric phase by Berry, its relevance has been demonstrated in a large variety of physical systems. However, a geometric phase of the most fundamental spin-1/2 system, the electron spin, has not been observed directly and controlled independently from dynamical phases. Here we report experimental evidence on the manipulation of an electron spin through a purely geometric effect in an InGaAs-based quantum ring with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. By applying an in-plane magnetic field, a phase shift of the Aharonov–Casher interference pattern towards the small spin-orbit-coupling regions is observed. A perturbation theory for a one-dimensional Rashba ring under small in-plane fields reveals that the phase shift originates exclusively from the modulation of a pure geometric-phase component of the electron spin beyond the adiabatic limit, independently from dynamical phases. The phase shift is well reproduced by implementing two independent approaches, that is, perturbation theory and non-perturbative transport simulations.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3526

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