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Based on the single electron effective mass approximation theory and the transfer-matrix method, the spin polarized transport properties of electrons in a diluted-magnetic-semiconductor/semiconductor superlattice are studied. The influence of a light-field and a magnetic-field on spin polarized transport and the tunneling time in the superlattice structure are discussed in more detail. The results show that, due to the sp-d electron interaction between conduction band electrons and doped Mn ions, giant Zeeman splitting occurs. It is shown that a significant spin-dependent transmission and the position and width of the resonant-transmission-band of spin-dependent electron can be manipulated by adjusting the magnetic- and light-field. Considering the light field irradiation, the resonance band of electron is deformed and broadened with the increase of the light field intensity. For the case of a strong magnetic field, the transmission coefficient (TC) in the low-energy region is almost zero when the light field is not added, but with the increase of light intensity, the TC increased significantly in the zone increases significantly, that is, a quasi-bound band appears. These features are due to the energy exchange between electrons and the light field when electrons tunnel through the superlattice structure under light irradiation. In addition, light and magnetic fields can significantly change the spin polarization of electrons. Under a certain magnetic field intensity (B = 2 T), the light field significantly changes the spin polarization of electrons, the main effect is that the width of the spin polarization platform narrows and oscillatory peaks are accompanied on both sides of the platform. This effect is strengthened with the increase of the light field intensity. However, when the magnetic field is stronger (B = 5 T), the opposite is true. These show that the spin polarization can be modulated by the light field. Finally, the tunneling time of spin-up and spin-down electrons is studied by the evolution of Gaussian wave packets in the structure. The results show that the tunneling time depends on a spin of electrons, and it can be seen that the tunneling time of the spin-down electron is shorter than that of the spin-up electron in the superlattice structure. These remarkable properties of spin polarized transport may be beneficial for the devising tunable spin filtering devices based on diluted magnetic semiconductor/semiconductor superlattice structure.
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Keywords:
- spin polarized transport /
- diluted magnetic semiconductors/semiconductors superlattices /
- tunneling time
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图 1 光场
$ V_{1}\mathrm{cos}(\omega t) $ 辐照下自旋相关$ {\rm ZnSe}/{\rm Zn}_{1-x}{\rm Mn}_{x}{\rm Se} $ 超晶格势 (a)$ B = 5 $ T; (b)$ B = 2 $ TFigure 1. Spin-dependent potential profiles of the
$ {\rm ZnSe}/ $ $ {\rm Zn}_{1-x}{\rm Mn}_{x}{\rm Se} $ superlattice under a light field$ V_{1}\mathrm{cos}(\omega t) $ : (a)$ B = 5 $ T; (b)$ B = 2 $ T.
图 2 光场辐照下, 不同磁场强度电子自旋相关透射系数和自旋极化度, 其中光子能量
$ \hbar \omega = 0.2 $ meV, 光场强度$ V_{1} = 0, $ $ 0.2, \;0.4, \;0.6 $ meVFigure 2. Spin-dependent transmission coefficients and spin polarization for different magnetic induction intensity under the light field, where the energy of photon is
$ \hbar \omega = 0.2 $ meV, and amplitude of the light field is$ V_{1} = 0,\; 0.2,\; 0.4,\; 0.6 $ meV.
图 3 稀磁半导体/半导体超晶格结构中, 不同时刻不同自旋方向电子概率密度
$ |\psi(z, t)|^{2} $ 随坐标z的变化关系曲线 (a)自旋向上; (b) 自旋向下Figure 3. Spin-dependent electron probability density
$ |\psi(z, t)|^{2} $ as a function of coordinate z for different times in the superlattices of dilute magnetic semiconductors/semiconductors structure: (a) Spin up; (b) spin down.
图 4 稀磁半导体/半导体(DMS/S) 超晶格结构中, 位置
$ z=-100,\; -10, \;205,\; 415 $ nm 处, 不同自旋方向电子概率密度$ |\psi(z, t)|^{2} $ 随时间t的变化关系曲线Figure 4. Spin-dependent electron probability density
$ |\psi(z, t)|^{2} $ as a function of time t for different coordinates$ z=-100, \;-10, $ $ 205, \;415 $ nm in the superlattices of dilute magnetic semiconductors/semiconductors structure. -
[1] Wolf S A, Awschalom D D, Buhrman R A, Daughton J M, Von Molnar S, Roukes M L, Chtchelkanova A Y, Treger D M 2001 Science 294 1488
Google Scholar
[2] Egues J C 1998 Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 4578
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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[20] Guo Y, Chen X Y, Zhai F, Gu B L, Kawazoe Y 2002 Appl. Phys. Lett. 80 4591
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Google Scholar
Zhang C X, Wang R, Kong L M 2010 Acta Phys. Sin. 59 4980
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[24] Dayem A H, Martin R J 1962 Phys. Rev. Lett. 8 246
Google Scholar
[25] Tien P K, Gordon J P 1963 Phys. Rev. 129 647
Google Scholar
[26] Sun Q F, Wang J, Lin T H 2000 Phys. Rev. B 61 12643
Google Scholar
[27] Bruder C, Schoeller H 1994 Phys. Rev. Lett. 72 1076
Google Scholar
[28] Shibata K, Umeno A, Cha K M, Hirakawa K 2012 Phys. Rev. Lett. 109 077401
Google Scholar
[29] Schoelkopf R J, Kozhevnikov A A, Prober D E 1998 Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 2437
Google Scholar
[30] König B, Zehnder U, Yakovlev D R, Ossau W, Gerhard T, Keim M, Waag A, Landwehr G 1999 Phys. Rev. B 60 2653
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Zeng J Y 2000 Quantum Mechanics (Vol. 1) (Beijing: Science Press) p721
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