Compact cryogenic Kerr microscope for time-resolved studies of electron spin transport in microstructures

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Rizo, P J ^a   Pugzlys A ^a,b   Liu, J ^a   Reuter, D ^c   Wieck, A D ^c   Van Der Wal, C H ^a   Van Loosdrecht, P H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; MICROSCOPES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SPIN POLARIZATION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CRITICAL ISSUES; ELECTRON SPINS; FARADAY CONFIGURATIONS; GAAS/ALGAAS; KERR MICROSCOPES; KERR ROTATIONS; PULSED LASER SOURCES; QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR MICROSTRUCTURES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION.; SPIN POLARIZED; SPIN TRANSPORTS; SPINTRONICS; TIME-RESOLVED;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 58149268354     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3046283     Document Type: Article

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