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Transverse magnetic focusing in two-dimensional hole gases
Yik K. Lee, Jackson S. Smith, Hong Liu, Dimitrie Culcer, Oleg P. Sushkov, Alexander R. Hamilton, Jared H. Cole
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Two-dimensional hole gases (2DHGs) have strong intrinsic spin-orbit coupling and could be used to build spin filters by utilising transverse magnetic focusing (TMF). However, with an increase in the spin degree of freedom, holes demonstrate significantly different behaviour to electrons in TMF experiments, making it difficult to interpret the results of these experiments. In this paper, we numerically model TMF in a 2DHG within a GaAs/AlₓGa₁₋ₓAs heterostructure. Our band structure calculations show that the heavy (⟨J_z ⟩= ±3/2) and light (⟨J_z ⟩= ±1/2) hole states in the valence band mix at finite k, and the heavy hole subbands which are spin-split due to the Rashba effect are not spin-polarised. This lack of spin polarisation casts doubt on the viability of spin filtering using TMF in 2DHGs within conventional GaAs/AlₓGa₁₋ₓAs heterostructures. We then calculate transport properties of the 2DHG with spin projection and offer a new perspective on interpreting and designing TMF experiments in 2DHGs.
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