23 research outputs found
Internal Transitions of Two-Dimensional Charged Magneto-Excitons X-: Theory and Experiment
Internal spin-singlet and spin-triplet transitions of charged excitons X- in
magnetic fields in quantum wells have been studied experimentally and
theoretically. The allowed X- transitions are photoionizing and exhibit a
characteristic double-peak structure, which reflects the rich structure of the
magnetoexciton continua in higher Landau levels (LL's). We discuss a novel
exact selection rule, a hidden manifestation of translational invariance, that
governs transitions of charged mobile complexes in a magnetic field.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Physica
Interaction of an electron gas with photoexcited electron-hole pairs in modulation-doped GaAs and CdTe quantum wells
The nature of the correlated electron gas and its response to photo-injected
electron-hole pairs in nominally undoped and modulation-doped multiple
quantum-well (MQW) structures was studied by experiment and theory, revealing a
new type of optically-active excitation, magnetoplasmons bound to a mobile
valence hole. These excitations are blue-shifted from the corresponding
transition of the isolated charged magnetoexciton X-. The observed blue-shift
of X- is larger than that of two-electron negative donor D-, in agreement with
theoretical predictions.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, EP2DS-14 manuscript, to be published in Physica
Spin-polarized current amplification and spin injection in magnetic bipolar transistors
The magnetic bipolar transistor (MBT) is a bipolar junction transistor with
an equilibrium and nonequilibrium spin (magnetization) in the emitter, base, or
collector. The low-injection theory of spin-polarized transport through MBTs
and of a more general case of an array of magnetic {\it p-n} junctions is
developed and illustrated on several important cases. Two main physical
phenomena are discussed: electrical spin injection and spin control of current
amplification (magnetoamplification). It is shown that a source spin can be
injected from the emitter to the collector. If the base of an MBT has an
equilibrium magnetization, the spin can be injected from the base to the
collector by intrinsic spin injection. The resulting spin accumulation in the
collector is proportional to , where is the proton
charge, is the bias in the emitter-base junction, and is the
thermal energy. To control the electrical current through MBTs both the
equilibrium and the nonequilibrium spin can be employed. The equilibrium spin
controls the magnitude of the equilibrium electron and hole densities, thereby
controlling the currents. Increasing the equilibrium spin polarization of the
base (emitter) increases (decreases) the current amplification. If there is a
nonequilibrium spin in the emitter, and the base or the emitter has an
equilibrium spin, a spin-valve effect can lead to a giant magnetoamplification
effect, where the current amplifications for the parallel and antiparallel
orientations of the the equilibrium and nonequilibrium spins differ
significantly. The theory is elucidated using qualitative analyses and is
illustrated on an MBT example with generic materials parameters.Comment: 14 PRB-style pages, 10 figure