{
  "id": "1103.0773",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2011-03-03T20:42:06.000Z",
  "updated": "2011-03-03T20:42:06.000Z",
  "title": "Relaxation mechanisms of the persistent spin helix",
  "authors": [
    "Matthias C. Lüffe",
    "Janik Kailasvuori",
    "Tamara S. Nunner"
  ],
  "comment": "12 pages, 2 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 84, 075326 (2011)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.84.075326",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.mtrl-sci",
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "We study the lifetime of the persistent spin helix in semiconductor quantum wells with equal Rashba- and linear Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions. In order to address the temperature dependence of the relevant spin relaxation mechanisms we derive and solve semiclassical spin diffusion equations taking into account spin-dependent impurity scattering, cubic Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions and the effect of electron-electron interactions. For the experimentally relevant regime we find that the lifetime of the persistent spin helix is mainly determined by the interplay of cubic Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction and electron-electron interactions. We propose that even longer lifetimes can be achieved by generating a spatially damped spin profile instead of the persistent spin helix state.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2011-03-03T20:42:06.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "75.30.Fv",
      "75.40.Gb",
      "72.25.Dc"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "cubic dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction",
      "damped spin profile",
      "linear dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions",
      "persistent spin helix state",
      "relevant spin relaxation mechanisms"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review B",
      "year": 2011,
      "month": "Aug",
      "volume": 84,
      "number": 7,
      "pages": "075326"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 12,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2011PhRvB..84g5326L"
    }
  }
}