Ultrafast studies of carrier and magnetization dynamics in GaMnAs

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Zahn, J P ^a   Gamouras, A ^a   March, S ^a   Liu, X ^b   Furdyna, J K ^b   Hall, K C ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND-EDGE ABSORPTION; CARRIER RECOMBINATION; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION STATE; DEMAGNETIZATION EFFECT; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; DILUTED MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; ELECTRON SPIN DYNAMICS; ELECTRON TRAPPING; EQUILIBRIUM MAGNETIZATION; FLUENCES; HOLE SPIN; HOT HOLES; III-MN-V; MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL RESPONSE; OPTICAL SATURATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PUMP BEAMS; PUMP FLUENCE; PUMP PULSE; TIME-RESOLVED PUMP PROBE TECHNIQUES; TIME-SCALES; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST DEMAGNETIZATION; UNIAXIAL ANISOTROPY;

DEMAGNETIZATION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; POLARIZATION; PUMPS; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 76949106981     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3275347     Document Type: Article

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