Strong Tuning of Rashba Spin-Orbit Interaction in Single InAs Nanowires

A key concept in the emerging field of spintronics is the gate voltage or electric field control of spin precession via the effective magnetic field generated by the Rashba spin orbit interaction. Here, we demonstrate the generation and tuning of electric field induced Rashba spin orbit interaction in In As nanowires where a strong electric field is created by either a double gate or a solid electrolyte surrounding gate. In particular, the electrolyte gating enables 6-fold tuning of Rashba coefficient and nearly 3 orders of magnitude tuning of spin relaxation time within only 1 V of gate bias. Such a dramatic tuning of spin orbit interaction in devices.