Journal article

Spin-orbit interaction in a two-dimensional hole gas at the surface of hydrogenated diamond

MT Edmonds, LH Willems Van Beveren, O Klochan, J Cervenka, K Ganesan, S Prawer, L Ley, AR Hamilton, CI Pakes

Nano Letters | Published : 2015

Abstract

Hydrogenated diamond possesses a unique surface conductivity as a result of transfer doping by surface acceptors. Yet, despite being extensively studied for the past two decades, little is known about the system at low temperature, particularly whether a two-dimensional hole gas forms at the diamond surface. Here we report that (100) diamond, when functionalized with hydrogen, supports a p-type spin-3/2 two-dimensional surface conductivity with a spin-orbit interaction of 9.74 ± 0.1 meV through the observation of weak antilocalization effects in magneto-conductivity measurements at low temperature. Fits to 2D localization theory yield a spin relaxation length of 30 ± 1 nm and a spin-relaxati..

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Grants

Awarded by Australian Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Australian Research Council Grant No. DP0879827, the Australian Nanotechnology Network, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and the Australian Synchrotron. M.T.E. would like thank both the Quantum Electronic Devices Group at the University of New South Wales and the Department of Physics at the University of Melbourne for their generous hospitality. We thank Oleg Sushkov for helpful discussions.