Optical excitation and control of electron spins in semiconductor quantum wells

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1803-1819

  Chen, Zhigang ^a   Carter, Samuel G ^a   Bratschitsch, Rudolf ^a   Cundiff, Steven T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantum well; Spin coherence; Spin transport; Transient spin grating

Indexed keywords

CDTE; DECOHERENCE; DOPING DENSITIES; DYNAMICAL SCATTERING; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRON G-FACTOR; ELECTRON SPIN POLARIZATION; ELECTRON SPINS; EXCITED CARRIERS; EXCITON SPIN RELAXATION; GAAS QUANTUM WELLS; MIXED TYPE; N-DOPED; OPTICAL EXCITATIONS; QUANTUM WELL; RAMAN PROCESS; SPECTRAL SELECTION; SPIN COHERENCE; SPIN DIFFUSIONS; SPIN GRATING; SPIN TRANSPORT; TIME RESOLVED TECHNIQUE; TWO-COLOR;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COHERENT SCATTERING; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRONS; EXCITONS; PHOTOEXCITATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 77949267162     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2010.01.043     Document Type: Review

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