Electric field dependence of the spin relaxation anisotropy in (111) GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Balocchi, A ^a   Amand, T ^a   Wang, G ^b   Liu, B L ^b   Renucci, P ^a   Duong, Q H ^a   Marie, X ^a  

^a INSA   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; ELECTRIC FIELD DEPENDENCE; GAAS/ALGAAS QUANTUM WELL; NONLINEAR CONTRIBUTIONS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; RASHBA SPIN SPLITTING; STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS; TIME-RESOLVED OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY;

CONDUCTION BANDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ZINC SULFIDE;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84885120526     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/9/095016     Document Type: Article

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