title: Influence of an electric field on the spin polarization in semiconductor superlattices.
abstract: The influence of a quantizing electric field on the spin polarization is treated for semiconductor superlattices with a Rashba spin-orbit interaction. For weakly coupled superlattices, the quantum kinetic equation for the canonically transformed density matrix is analytically solved. The spin polarization, which is induced by a magnetic field via the Zeeman splitting, exhibits a sharp minimum at the cyclotron-Stark tunnelling resonance. This electric-field-induced resonant tunnelling mixes different spin states and leads to a strong spin depolarization.
authors.affiliation: Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik, Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kleinert
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Bryksin