Gateable Suppression of Spin Relaxation in Semiconductors

Autor: A. P. Heberle, J. R. A. Cleaver, J. S. Sandhu, Jeremy J. Baumberg
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Physical Review Letters. 86:2150-2153
ISSN: 1079-7114
0031-9007
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.86.2150
Popis: The decay of spin memory in a 2D electron gas is found to be suppressed close to the metal-insulator transition. By dynamically probing the device using ultrafast spectroscopy, relaxation of optically excited electron spin is directly measured as a function of the carrier density. Motional narrowing favors spin preservation in the maximally scattered but nonlocalized electronic states. This implies that the spin-relaxation rate can be both tuned in situ and specifically engineered in appropriate device geometries.
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