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Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

Spin relaxation in GaAs multiple quantum wells: well-width dependence

Peggy Perozzo, Alan Miller

Published Apr 19, 1996• 3 citations
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Abstract

Time-resolved excite-probe measurements were performed on GaAs multiple quantum wells to determine the spin relaxation time as a function of well width (L) at room temperature, and as a function of temperature in the range of 10 to 150 K. These studies suggest that the room temperature spin relaxation time follows an exponential well width dependence, indicating that at room temperature spin flip is dominated by a combination of the D'Yakonov-Perel and the Bir-Aronov-Pikus mechanisms. The low temperature results suggest that a different mechanism, the exchange interaction, is dominant at low temperatures.

DOI
10.1117/12.238384

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We have observed the exciton spin relaxation processes in GaAs quantum wells at low temperatures by three-pulse spin-diffracted four-wave mixing measurements. After investigating the merits and demerits of this new method as compared with the pump-probe technique, we discuss the population transfer to the dark states through the measurements of the excitation-power dependence of exciton spin relaxation. Spin-diffracted four-wave mixing method is a powerful tool to investigate exciton spin dynamical processes where the pump-probe and time-resolved photoluminescence measurements have been used so far, since the method can be used in reflection geometry and be applicable to thin films and quantum dots.