290 research outputs found
Definitive observation of the dark triplet ground state of charged excitons in high magnetic fields
The ground state of negatively charged excitons (trions) in high magnetic
fields is shown to be a dark triplet state, confirming long-standing
theoretical predictions. Photoluminescence (PL), reflection, and PL excitation
spectroscopy of CdTe quantum wells reveal that the dark triplet trion has lower
energy than the singlet trion above 24 Tesla. The singlet-triplet crossover is
"hidden" (i.e., the spectral lines themselves do not cross due to different
Zeeman energies), but is confirmed by temperature-dependent PL above and below
24 T. The data also show two bright triplet states.Comment: 4 figure
"Quasi two-dimensional" spin distributions in II-VI magnetic semiconductor heterostructures: Clustering and dimensionality
Spin clustering in diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS) arises from
antiferromagnetic exchange between neighboring magnetic cations and is a strong
function of reduced dimensionality. Epitaxially-grown single monolayers and
abrupt interfaces of DMS are, however, never perfectly two-dimensional (2D) due
to the unavoidable inter-monolayer mixing of atoms during growth. Thus the
magnetization of DMS heterostructures, which is strongly modified by spin
clustering, is intermediate between that of 2D and 3D spin distributions. We
present an exact calculation of spin clustering applicable to arbitrary
distributions of magnetic spins in the growth direction. The results reveal a
surprising insensitivity of the magnetization to the form of the intermixing
profile, and identify important limits on the maximum possible magnetization.
High-field optical studies of heterostructures containing "quasi-2D" spin
distributions are compared with calculation.Comment: 5 pages (RevTeX), 5 embedded EPS figs, published in PRB v61 p1736
(2000
Binding Energy of Charged Excitons in ZnSe-based Quantum Wells
Excitons and charged excitons (trions) are investigated in ZnSe-based quantum
well structures with (Zn,Be,Mg)Se and (Zn,Mg)(S,Se) barriers by means of
magneto-optical spectroscopy. Binding energies of negatively () and positively
(X+) charged excitons are measured as functions of quantum well width, free
carrier density and in external magnetic fields up to 47 T. The binding energy
of shows a strong increase from 1.4 to 8.9 meV with decreasing quantum well
width from 190 to 29 A. The binding energies of X+ are about 25% smaller than
the binding energy in the same structures. The magnetic field behavior of and
X+ binding energies differ qualitatively. With growing magnetic field strength,
increases its binding energy by 35-150%, while for X+ it decreases by 25%.
Zeeman spin splittings and oscillator strengths of excitons and trions are
measured and discussed
Voltage control of nuclear spin in ferromagnetic Schottky diodes
We employ optical pump-probe spectroscopy to investigate the voltage
dependence of spontaneous electron and nuclear spin polarizations in hybrid
MnAs/n-GaAs and Fe/n-GaAs Schottky diodes. Through the hyperfine interaction,
nuclear spin polarization that is imprinted by the ferromagnet acts on
conduction electron spins as an effective magnetic field. We demonstrate tuning
of this nuclear field from <0.05 to 2.4 kG by varying a small bias voltage
across the MnAs device. In addition, a connection is observed between the diode
turn-on and the onset of imprinted nuclear polarization, while traditional
dynamic nuclear polarization exhibits relatively little voltage dependence.Comment: Submitted to Physical Review B Rapid Communications. 15 pages, 3
figure
1D Exciton Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Nanorods
We have theoretically shown that optical properties of semiconductor nanorods
are controlled by 1D excitons. The theory, which takes into account anisotropy
of spacial and dielectric confinement, describes size dependence of interband
optical transitions, exciton binding energies. We have demonstrated that the
fine structure of the ground exciton state explains the linear polarization of
photoluminescence. Our results are in good agreement with the measurements in
CdSe nanorods
Anisotropic exchange interaction of localized conduction-band electrons in semiconductor structures
The spin-orbit interaction in semiconductors is shown to result in an
anisotropic contribution into the exchange Hamiltonian of a pair of localized
conduction-band electrons. The anisotropic exchange interaction exists in
semiconductor structures which are not symmetric with respect to spatial
inversion, for instance in bulk zinc-blend semiconductors. The interaction has
both symmetric and antisymmetric parts with respect to permutation of spin
components. The antisymmetric (Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya) interaction is the
strongest one. It contributes significantly into spin relaxation of localized
electrons; in particular, it governs low-temperature spin relaxation in n-GaAs
with the donor concentration near 10^16cm-3. The interaction must be allowed
for in designing spintronic devices, especially spin-based quantum computers,
where it may be a major source of decoherence and errors
Spin relaxation: From 2D to 1D
In inversion asymmetric semiconductors, spin-orbit interactions give rise to
very effective relaxation mechanisms of the electron spin. Recent work, based
on the dimensionally constrained D'yakonov Perel' mechanism, describes
increasing electron-spin relaxation times for two-dimensional conducting layers
with decreasing channel width. The slow-down of the spin relaxation can be
understood as a precursor of the one-dimensional limit
Onset of Superfluidity in 4He Films Adsorbed on Disordered Substrates
We have studied 4He films adsorbed in two porous glasses, aerogel and Vycor,
using high precision torsional oscillator and DC calorimetry techniques. Our
investigation focused on the onset of superfluidity at low temperatures as the
4He coverage is increased. Torsional oscillator measurements of the 4He-aerogel
system were used to determine the superfluid density of films with transition
temperatures as low as 20 mK. Heat capacity measurements of the 4He-Vycor
system probed the excitation spectrum of both non-superfluid and superfluid
films for temperatures down to 10 mK. Both sets of measurements suggest that
the critical coverage for the onset of superfluidity corresponds to a mobility
edge in the chemical potential, so that the onset transition is the bosonic
analog of a superconductor-insulator transition. The superfluid density
measurements, however, are not in agreement with the scaling theory of an onset
transition from a gapless, Bose glass phase to a superfluid. The heat capacity
measurements show that the non-superfluid phase is better characterized as an
insulator with a gap.Comment: 15 pages (RevTex), 21 figures (postscript
Spin-injection Hall effect in a planar photovoltaic cell
Successful incorporation of the spin degree of freedom in semiconductor
technology requires the development of a new paradigm allowing for a scalable,
non-destructive electrical detection of the spin-polarization of injected
charge carriers as they propagate along the semiconducting channel. In this
paper we report the observation of a spin-injection Hall effect (SIHE) which
exploits the quantum-relativistic nature of spin-charge transport and which
meets all these key requirements on the spin detection. The two-dimensional
electron-hole gas photo-voltaic cell we designed to observe the SIHE allows us
to develop a quantitative microscopic theory of the phenomenon and to
demonstrate its direct application in optoelectronics. We report an
experimental realization of a non-magnetic spin-photovoltaic effect via the
SIHE, rendering our device an electrical polarimeter which directly converts
the degree of circular polarization of light to a voltage signal.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figure
Landau Level Crossings and Extended-State Mapping in Magnetic Two-dimensional Electron Gases
We present longitudinal and Hall magneto-resistance measurements of a
``magnetic'' two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) formed in modulation-doped
ZnCdMnSe quantum wells. The electron spin splitting is
temperature and magnetic field dependent, resulting in striking features as
Landau levels of opposite spin cross near the Fermi level. Magnetization
measurements on the same sample probe the total density of states and Fermi
energy, allowing us to fit the transport data using a model involving extended
states centered at each Landau level and two-channel conduction for spin-up and
spin-down electrons. A mapping of the extended states over the whole quantum
Hall effect regime shows no floating of extended states as Landau levels cross
near the Fermi level.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
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