Picosecond dynamics of the photoinduced spin polarization in epitaxial (Ga,Mn)As films

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 23, 2004, Pages

  Kimel, A V ^a   Astakhov, G V ^b,c   Schott, G M ^b   Kirilyuk, A ^a   Yakovlev, D R ^c,d   Karczewski, G ^e   Ossau, W ^b   Schmidt, G ^b   Molenkamp, L W ^b   Rasing, Th ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOMETERS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; ROTATION; SQUIDS;

CONDUCTION BANDS; PHOTOEXCITATION; PICOSECOND DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

GALLIUM;

EID: 3242708843     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.237203     Document Type: Article

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