Title :
Ultrafast optical measurement of hole and electron spin dynamics in germanium
Author :
Smirl, Arthur L. ; Loren, Eric J. ; Rioux, Julien ; Sipe, J.E. ; Van Driel, Henry M.
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Photonics & Quantum Electron., Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Abstract :
Spin-dependent carrier dynamics in Ge, including hole spin relaxation, intervalley scattering, many-body effects, cooling, and phase space filling, are selectively investigated and analyzed for the first time using spectrally, temporally and polarization resolved pump-probe techniques.
Keywords :
Charge carrier processes; Electron optics; Filling; Germanium; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Photonic band gap; Probes; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
