Magnetization of semiconductor nanostructures with spin-orbit interaction

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Dirk Grundler
• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: from 2007 to 2015
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 40772406

The aim of this project is to investigate and engineer spin-orbit interaction in nanostructured III-V semiconductor heterostructures: Using micromechanical cantilevers we will measure spin and orbital magnetization of two-dimensional electron systems, quantum wires and quantum dots exhibiting zero-field spin splitting of different strength. The de Haas-van Alphen effect at low temperature directly reflects the ground state energy and allows us to quantitatively compare to band structure calculations on spin-orbit interaction and g factors

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 1285: Semiconductor Spintronics
• Participating Person: Dr. Marc Wilde