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  • Michael Griesbeck
  • Mikhail Glazov
  • Eugene Sherman
  • Tobias Korn
  • Dieter Schuh
  • Werner Wegscheider
  • Christian Schüller

Spin dynamics in zincblende two-dimensional electron systems is usually dominated by the Dyakonov-Perel spin dephasing mechanism resulting from the underlying spin-orbit fields. An exceptional situation is realized in symmetrically grown and doped GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells grown along the [110] direction, where the Rashba contribution is negligible and the effective Dresselhaus spin-orbit field is perpendicular to the sample plane. In such a system the spin dephasing times for in- and out-of-plane crystallographic directions are expected to be strongly different and the out-of-plane spin dephasing time is significantly enhanced as compared with conventional systems. We observe the spin relaxation anisotropy by resonant spin amplification measurements in a 30 nm wide double-sided symmetrically δ-doped single quantum well with a very high mobility of about 3·106 cm 2/Vs at 1.5K. A comparison of the measured resonant spin amplification traces with the developed theory taking into account the spin dephasing anisotropy yields the dephasing times whose anisotropy and magnitudes are in-line with the theoretical expectations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpintronics IV
Volume8100
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Oct 2011
EventSpintronics IV - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 21 Aug 201124 Aug 2011

Conference

ConferenceSpintronics IV
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period21/08/1124/08/11

    Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

    Research areas

  • Resonant spin amplification, Spin dynamics, Spin-orbit interaction, Time-resolved Kerr rotation

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