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  • Direct observation of spin ...
    Yan, C.; Kumar, S.; Pepper, M.; Thomas, K.; See, P.; Farrer, I.; Ritchie, D.; Griffiths, J.; Jones, G.

    Journal of physics. Conference series, 02/2018, Letnik: 964, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    We present transverse electron focusing measurements in the two dimensional electrons gas formed at the interface of a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure. The experimental arrangement consists of two orthogonal quantum point contacts (QPCs), one acting as injector and the other as detector of the collimated 1D electrons as a function of transverse magnetic field. The focusing spectrum shows anomalous behaviour, the first and third focusing peaks split into two sub-peaks while second peak remains as a single peak. The observed splitting, a signature of spin states, arises from the spin-orbit interaction when the 1D electrons are injected into the 2D regime, thus allowing us to manipulate the spin states within the 1D channel.