Bychkov-Rashba Effect and g-Factor Tuning in Modulation Doped SiGe Quantum Wells

We investigate the spin resonance of electrons in one-sided modulation doped Si$\text{}_{1-x}$Ge$\text{}_{x}$ (x=0-10%)) quantum wells defined by Si$\text{}_{0.75}$Ge$\text{}_{0.25}$ barriers. In such structures, the Bychkov-Rashba effect induces an effective magnetic field in the quantum well layer which causes anisotropy of both the g-factor and the spin coherence time. Evaluation of the Rashba coefficient as a function of x yields a monotonic increase. For x=5% the shift in the resonance field exceeds the ESR linewidth already, demonstrating the possibility to use this effect for g-factor tuning to select individual spins in an ensemble.