Anisotropic electron spin lifetimes in strained undoped (In,Ga)As/GaAs (110)
quantum wells of different width and height are investigated by time-resolved
Faraday rotation and time-resolved transmission and are compared to the
(001)-orientation. From the suppression of spin precession, the ratio of
in-plane to out-of-plane spin lifetimes is calculated. Whereas the ratio
increases with In concentration in agreement with theory, a surprisingly high
anisotropy of 480 is observed for the broadest quantum well, when expressed in
terms of spin relaxation times.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, revise
