DocumentCode
2671206
Title
Optical orientation of spin polarized holes in bulk GaAs
Author
Hilton, D.J. ; Tang, C.L.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
6-6 June 2003
Abstract
Optical orientation of spin-polarized heavy and light holes followed by relaxation to other valence subband states has been observed unambiguously in undoped bulk GaAs. The spin relaxation time for the heavy holes is 110 fs /spl plusmn/ 10%.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; spin polarised transport; spin-lattice relaxation; time resolved spectra; valence bands; 110 fs; GaAs; bulk GaAs; optical orientation; spin polarized holes; spin relaxation time; valence subband states; Absorption; Gallium arsenide; Laser mode locking; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Probes; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ultrafast optics; Ultraviolet sources;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-749-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2003.237946
Filename
1276353
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