Manipulating the spin texture in spin-orbit superlattice by terahertz radiation

Abstract

The spin texture in a gate-controlled superlattice with Rashba spin-orbit coupling is studied in the presence of external terahertz radiation causing the superlattice miniband transitions. It is shown that the local distribution of spin density can be flipped by tuning the radiation intensity, allowing the controlled coupling of spins and photons with different polarizations.