• DocumentCode
    474746
  • Title

    Optical birefringence effects of pure spin currents in semiconductors

  • Author

    Liu, Ren-Bao ; Wang, Jing ; Zhu, Bang-Fen

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We predict that a pure spin current in a semiconductor, even without net magnetization, presents the Voigt and Faraday birefringence, which may be exploited for a direct, non-demolition measurement of the pure spin current.
  • Keywords
    Faraday effect; birefringence; semiconductors; spin polarised transport; Faraday birefringence; Voigt birefringence; optical birefringence; pure spin current; semiconductor; spin polarizations; Birefringence; Current measurement; Magnetization; Magnetoelectronics; Magnetooptic effects; Optical coupling; Optical polarization; Physics; Spectroscopy; Tensile stress; (230.3810) Magneto-optic systems; (300.6470) Spectroscopy, semiconductors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572718