EXCITON SPIN DYNAMICS IN GAAS HETEROSTRUCTURES

被引:242
作者
BARAD, S
BARJOSEPH, I
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[1] Department of Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.349
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We report the experimental observation of exciton spin relaxation in GaAs quantum wells in moderate magnetic fields. We resolve the electron and hole contributions and discuss the large sensitivity of the spin-relaxation time to exciton localization and quantum well width. We use the long duration of spin orientation to demonstrate deep transient oscillations, resulting from biexcitonic effects.
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页码:349 / 352
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