Resonant Tunneling of Electrons in CdTe/CdMnTe Double-barrier Nanostructures with Dresselhaus Spin-orbit Interaction: Effect of Non-parabolicity
摘要
The tunneling properties of electrons in CdTe/CdMnTe double-barrier heterostructure are examined with Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction. This research work aims to examine the effect of the non-parabolicity of the conduction band on the spin-dependent tunneling properties. The well-known transfer matrix method is employed to find the transmission and hence the spin-polarization of electrons is calculated. The effect of non-parabolicity of the conduction band enhances the spin-separation as well as the degree of spin-polarization: 100% spin-polarization is achieved in this heterostructure when the effect of non-parabolicity is accounted even without any external field. The dwell time is also examined and it is noticed that the dwell time difference between the spin-components is high at a high concentration of Mn when the effect of non-parabolicity is accounted.