We investigate the spin resonance of electrons in one-sided modulation doped Si_{1-x}Ge_x (x=0-10%)) quantum wells defined by Si_{0.75}Ge_{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.
Millikelvin studies of in-plane magnetoconductance in short period Si/Ge:Sb superlattices have been carried out in order to examine the effect of anisotropy on quantum localization. The field-induced metal-to-insulator transition has been observed, indicating the existence of extended states. This suggests that despite anisotropy as large as D_{∥}/D_{⊥} ≈ 10^{3} the system behaves as 3D in respect of localization by disorder.
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