2004/10/31 by John Schliemann, Daniel Loss, R. M. Westervelt · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.mes-hall #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.94.206801
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 206801 (2005) · 5 pages, 2 figures included, a few remarks added, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
arxiv created 2005/04/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
We study the zitterbewegung of electronic wave packets in III-V zinc-blende semiconductor quantum wells due to spin-orbit coupling. Our results suggest a direct experimental proof of this fundamental effect, confirming a long-standing theoretical prediction. For electron motion in a harmonic quantum wire, we numerically and analytically find a resonance condition maximizing the zitterbewegung.