A key concept in the field of semiconductor spintronics is an electric field control of spins via the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and the SOC strength governs efficiency of this control. We propose a new approach that allows the experimental determination of the Rashba SOC strength for ballistic InAs nanowires. The energy spectrum and ballistic transport of carriers through the nanowire with surface two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in a homogeneous magnetic field are studied. A general formula for the linear-response one-dimensional ballistic thermopower is derived in the case of complex subband structure. The ballistic conductance and the thermopower are shown to reveal specific features due to strong SOC that allows us to propose a method for the SOC strength determination.
We constructed the Hamiltonian of spin-orbit splitting for carriers of a tubular electron gas in InAs nanowires. The spectral problem is solved using an exact numerical diagonalization. It is shown that the contribution of k-linear Dresselhaus-like spin-orbit (SO) coupling leads to renormalization of so-called SO-gaps and appearance of anticrossings in subband spectrum. These features can be detected in ballistic transport.
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