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Spin relaxation in GaAs(110) quantum wells
- Source :
- Physical Review Letters. 83(20):4196-4199
- Publication Year :
- 1999
- Publisher :
- American Physical Society, 1999.
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Abstract
- We investigated electron spin relaxation time ${\ensuremath{\tau}}_{s}$ in $\mathrm{GaAs}/\mathrm{AlGaAs}$ (110) quantum wells (QWs), in which a predominant spin scattering mechanism [D'yakonov-Perel' (DP) mechanism] for conventional (100) QWs is substantially suppressed; ${\ensuremath{\tau}}_{s}$ in (110) QWs was of nanosecond order at room temperature, more than an order of magnitude longer than that of the (100) counterpart. The mechanism responsible for the spin relaxation was examined by studying the quantized energy, electron mobility, and temperature dependences of ${\ensuremath{\tau}}_{s}$. The results suggest that in the absence of DP interaction, electron-hole exchange interaction limits ${\ensuremath{\tau}}_{\mathrm{s}}$ in a wide temperature range ( $\ensuremath{\sim}0--300\mathrm{K}$).
- Subjects :
- Physics
Spin polarization
Condensed matter physics
Condensed Matter::Other
Scattering
Exchange interaction
General Physics and Astronomy
Order (ring theory)
Atmospheric temperature range
Quantum spin liquid
Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect
Spin (physics)
Energy (signal processing)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00319007
- Volume :
- 83
- Issue :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical Review Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5ab0525e454d666a675b0b12d93e7e06