We report on magnetic field-induced oscillations of the photon echo signal from negatively charged excitons in a CdTe/(Cd,Mg)Te semiconductor quantum well. The oscillatory signal is due to Larmor precession of the electron spin about a transverse magnetic field and depends sensitively on the polarization configuration of the exciting and refocusing pulses. The echo amplitude can be fully tuned from the maximum down to zero depending on the time delay between the two pulses and the magnetic-field strength. The results are explained in terms of the optical Bloch equations accounting for the spin level structure of electrons and trions.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)157403_1-5
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume109
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012

    Research areas

  • four wave mixing, photon echo, trion, quantum well

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