Effects of disorder on electron spin dynamics in a semiconductor quantum well

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-269

  Chen, Zhigang ^a   Carter, Sam G ^a   Bratschitsch, Rudolf ^a,c   Dawson, Philip ^b   Cundiff, Steven T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT SCATTERING; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSPINNING; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MICROELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

DENSITY OF STATE; DYNAMICAL SCATTERING; ELECTRON SPIN COHERENCE; ELECTRON SPIN DYNAMICS; EXCITATION INTENSITY; N-DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR; PREDICTIVE POWER; SIMPLE MODELING;

TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS;

EID: 34047113255     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys537     Document Type: Article

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