Radiation-induced resistance oscillations in 2D electron systems with strong Rashba coupling

TL;DR

This paper provides a theoretical analysis of how radiation influences magnetoresistance oscillations in 2D electron systems with strong Rashba coupling, revealing modifications to beating patterns and oscillation profiles.

Contribution

It derives an exact wave function solution for the combined Rashba and radiation Hamiltonian and analyzes the impact of radiation on magnetoresistance oscillations in these systems.

Findings

Radiation modifies the beating pattern of Shubnikov de Hass oscillations.

Magnetoresistance oscillations depend on radiation intensity and frequency.

The study includes analysis in the terahertz radiation regime.

Abstract

We present a theoretical study on the effect of radiation on the mangetoresistance of two-dimensional electron systems with strong Rashba spint-orbit coupling. We want to study the interplay between two well-known effects in these electron systems: the radiation-induced resistance oscillations and the typical beating pattern of systems with intense Rashba interaction. We analytically derive an exact solution for the electron wave function corresponding to a total Hamiltonian with Rashba and radiation terms. We consider a perturbation treatment for elastic scattering due to charged impurities to finally obtain the magnetoresistance of the system. Without radiation we recover a beating pattern in the amplitude of the Shubnikov de Hass oscillations: a set of nodes and antinodes in the magnetoresistance. In the presence of radiation this beating pattern is strongly modified following the profile of radiation-induced magnetoresistance oscillations. We study their dependence on intensity and frequency of radiation, including the teraherzt regime.