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Optical control of electron spin coherence in CdTe/(Cd,Mg)Te quantum wells. / Zhukov, E. A.; Yakovlev, D. R.; Glazov, M. M.; Fokina, L.; Karczewski, G.; Wojtowicz, T.; Kossut, J.; Bayer, M.
In: Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 81, No. 23, 235320, 16.06.2010.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Optical control of electron spin coherence in CdTe/(Cd,Mg)Te quantum wells
AU - Zhukov, E. A.
AU - Yakovlev, D. R.
AU - Glazov, M. M.
AU - Fokina, L.
AU - Karczewski, G.
AU - Wojtowicz, T.
AU - Kossut, J.
AU - Bayer, M.
PY - 2010/6/16
Y1 - 2010/6/16
N2 - Optical control of the spin coherence of quantum well electrons by short laser pulses with circular or linear polarization is studied experimentally and theoretically. For that purpose the coherent electron spin dynamics in a n -doped CdTe/(Cd,Mg)Te quantum well structure was measured by time-resolved pump-probe Kerr rotation, using resonant excitation of the negatively charged exciton (trion) state. The amplitude and phase shifts of the electron spin beat signal in an external magnetic field, that are induced by laser control pulses, depend on the pump-control delay and polarization of the control relative to the pump pulse. Additive and nonadditive contributions to pump-induced signal due to the control are isolated experimentally. These contributions can be well described in the framework of a two-level model for the optical excitation of the resident electron to the trion.
AB - Optical control of the spin coherence of quantum well electrons by short laser pulses with circular or linear polarization is studied experimentally and theoretically. For that purpose the coherent electron spin dynamics in a n -doped CdTe/(Cd,Mg)Te quantum well structure was measured by time-resolved pump-probe Kerr rotation, using resonant excitation of the negatively charged exciton (trion) state. The amplitude and phase shifts of the electron spin beat signal in an external magnetic field, that are induced by laser control pulses, depend on the pump-control delay and polarization of the control relative to the pump pulse. Additive and nonadditive contributions to pump-induced signal due to the control are isolated experimentally. These contributions can be well described in the framework of a two-level model for the optical excitation of the resident electron to the trion.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77956329605&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.235320
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.235320
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77956329605
VL - 81
JO - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
SN - 1098-0121
IS - 23
M1 - 235320
ER -
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