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Title: Suppressing the spin relaxation of electrons in silicon

Abstract

Uniaxial compressive strain along the [001] direction strongly suppresses the spin relaxation in silicon. When the strain level is large enough so that electrons are redistributed only in the two valleys along the strain axis, the dominant scattering mechanisms are quenched and electrons mainly experience intra-axis scattering processes (intravalley or intervalley scattering within valleys on the same crystal axis). In this work, we first derive the spin-flip matrix elements due to intra-axis electron scattering off impurities, and then provide a comprehensive model of the spin relaxation time due to all possible interactions of conduction-band electrons with impurities and phonons. We predict a nearly three orders of magnitude improvement in the spin relaxation time of ~1019 cm-3 antimony-doped silicon (Si:Sb) at low temperatures.

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  1. Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
OSTI Identifier:
1535832
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1339770
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0014349; DMR-1503601; HDTRA1-13-1-0013
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Spin relaxation; spintronics; strain; k dot p method

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Chalaev, Oleg, Song, Yang, and Dery, Hanan. Suppressing the spin relaxation of electrons in silicon. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.95.035204.
Chalaev, Oleg, Song, Yang, & Dery, Hanan. Suppressing the spin relaxation of electrons in silicon. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.95.035204
Chalaev, Oleg, Song, Yang, and Dery, Hanan. Tue . "Suppressing the spin relaxation of electrons in silicon". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.95.035204. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1535832.
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title = {Suppressing the spin relaxation of electrons in silicon},
author = {Chalaev, Oleg and Song, Yang and Dery, Hanan},
abstractNote = {Uniaxial compressive strain along the [001] direction strongly suppresses the spin relaxation in silicon. When the strain level is large enough so that electrons are redistributed only in the two valleys along the strain axis, the dominant scattering mechanisms are quenched and electrons mainly experience intra-axis scattering processes (intravalley or intervalley scattering within valleys on the same crystal axis). In this work, we first derive the spin-flip matrix elements due to intra-axis electron scattering off impurities, and then provide a comprehensive model of the spin relaxation time due to all possible interactions of conduction-band electrons with impurities and phonons. We predict a nearly three orders of magnitude improvement in the spin relaxation time of ~1019 cm-3 antimony-doped silicon (Si:Sb) at low temperatures.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.95.035204},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 3,
volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Tue Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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