Precession and Motional Slowing of Spin Evolution in a High Mobility Two-Dimensional Electron Gas

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 23, 2002, Pages

  Brand, M A ^a   Malinowski, A ^a   Karimov, O Z ^a   Marsden, P A ^a   Harley, R T ^a   Shields, A J ^b   Sanvitto, D ^b   Ritchie, D A ^c   Simmons, M Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; HALL EFFECT; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

MOMENTUM SCATTERING; OPTICAL SPIN-DYNAMIC MEASUREMENTS; OSCILLATORY EVOLUTION; SPIN-RELAXATION RATE;

ELECTRON GAS;

EID: 0037011681     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.236601     Document Type: Article

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