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List <strong>of</strong> Symbols<br />

SOC sp<strong>in</strong>-orbit coupl<strong>in</strong>g.......................................................2<br />

2DES 2D electron system ......................................................2<br />

m e effective electron mass .................................................. 3<br />

λ F Fermi wavelength .......................................................3<br />

WL weak localization ........................................................4<br />

WAL weak antilocalization ....................................................4<br />

m e0 free electron mass .......................................................6<br />

∆ SO Pauli splitt<strong>in</strong>g .......................................................... 7<br />

γ g gyromagnetic ratio ......................................................8<br />

τ elastic scatter<strong>in</strong>g time ...................................................9<br />

l e elastic mean free path ...................................................9<br />

D e diffusion constant .......................................................9<br />

v F Fermi velocity .......................................................... 9<br />

d D diffusion dimension <strong>of</strong> the electron system ...............................9<br />

ν density <strong>of</strong> states per sp<strong>in</strong> at E F .........................................9<br />

DOS density <strong>of</strong> states ........................................................ 9<br />

L D diffusion length ........................................................10<br />

a z thickness <strong>of</strong> the 2D electron system ....................................11<br />

γ D Dresselhaus-sp<strong>in</strong>-orbit coefficient .......................................11<br />

α 1 l<strong>in</strong>ear Dresselhaus parameter ...........................................11<br />

BIA bulk <strong>in</strong>version asymmetry ..............................................11<br />

SIA structural <strong>in</strong>version asymmetryy .......................................13<br />

α 2 l<strong>in</strong>ear Rashba parameter ...............................................13<br />

L SO sp<strong>in</strong> precession length ..................................................14<br />

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