A novel mechanism for spin dephasing due to spin-conserving scatterings

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 373-376

  Wu, M W ^a   Ning, C Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

42.50.Md Optical transient phenomena: quantum beats, photon echo, free induction decay, dephasings and revivals, optical nutation, and self induced transparency; 67.57.Lm Spin dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008594881     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510070021     Document Type: Article

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