Using a tunable quantum wire to measure the large out-of-plane spin splitting of quasi two-dimensional holes in a GaAs nanostructure.

Srinivasan, A; Yeoh, L A; Klochan, O; Martin, T P; Chen, J C H; Micolich, A P; Hamilton, A R; Reuter, D et al. · Nano Lett · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The out-of-plane g-factor g([perpendicular])(*) for quasi two-dimensional (2D) holes in a (100) GaAs heterostructure is studied using a variable width quantum wire. A direct measurement of the Zeeman splitting is performed in a magnetic field applied perpendicular to the 2D plane. We measure an out-of-plane g-factor up to g([perpendicular])(*) = 5, which is larger than previous optical studies of g([perpendicular])(*) and is approaching the long predicted but never experimentally verified out-of-plane g-factor of 7.2 for heavy holes.