Optical spin injection and spin lifetime in Ge heterostructures

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Pezzoli, F ^a   Bottegoni, F ^b   Trivedi, D ^c   Ciccacci, F ^b   Giorgioni, A ^a   Li, P ^d   Cecchi, S ^b   Grilli, E ^a   Song, Y ^c   Guzzi, M ^a   Dery, H ^c,d   Isella, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN ZONES; BULK-LIMIT; GE/SIGE QUANTUM WELLS; HEAVY HOLES; HIGH SPIN POLARIZATION; INTERVALLEY SCATTERING; LIGHT HOLES; OPTICAL ORIENTATION; SPIN INJECTION; SPIN LIFETIMES; SPIN PROPERTIES; SPIN RELAXATION; ULTRAFAST ELECTRON TRANSFER;

GERMANIUM;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 84859837777     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.156603     Document Type: Article

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