Microscopic theoretical analysis of optically generated injection currents in semiconductor quantum wells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7600, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Duc, Huynh Thanh ^a   Förstner, Jens ^a   Meier, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge and spin injection currents; Semiconductor Bloch equations; Semiconductor quantum wells

Indexed keywords

EXCITATION CONDITIONS; GAAS QUANTUM WELLS; GROWTH DIRECTIONS; INCIDENT LIGHT BEAMS; INJECTION CURRENTS; MICROSCOPIC THEORY; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; QUANTUM WELL SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR BLOCH EQUATIONS; SPIN INJECTION; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS; SPIN PHOTOCURRENTS; ULTRASHORT TIME SCALE;

MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPIN DYNAMICS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 77951524165     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.840388     Document Type: Conference Paper

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