Direct observation of the electron spin relaxation induced by nuclei in quantum dots

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Braun, P F ^a   Marie, X ^a   Lombez, L ^a   Urbaszek, B ^a   Amand, T ^a   Renucci, P ^a   Kalevich, V K ^b   Kavokin, K V ^b   Krebs, O ^c   Voisin, P ^c   Masumoto, Y ^d  

^a INSA   (France)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RELAXATION; NUCLEAR SPINS; SPIN POLARIZATION; TIME-RESOLVED OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLARIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

EID: 18144376334     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.116601     Document Type: Article

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