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Spin coherence of a two-dimensional electron gas induced by resonant excitation of trions and excitons in CdTe (Cd,Mg) Te quantum wells. / Zhukov, E. A.; Yakovlev, D. R.; Bayer, M.; Glazov, M. M.; Ivchenko, E. L.; Karczewski, G.; Wojtowicz, T.; Kossut, J.
In: Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 76, No. 20, 205310, 08.11.2007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Spin coherence of a two-dimensional electron gas induced by resonant excitation of trions and excitons in CdTe (Cd,Mg) Te quantum wells
AU - Zhukov, E. A.
AU - Yakovlev, D. R.
AU - Bayer, M.
AU - Glazov, M. M.
AU - Ivchenko, E. L.
AU - Karczewski, G.
AU - Wojtowicz, T.
AU - Kossut, J.
PY - 2007/11/8
Y1 - 2007/11/8
N2 - The mechanisms for generation of long-lived spin coherence in a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) have been studied experimentally by means of a picosecond pump-probe Kerr rotation technique. CdTe (Cd,Mg) Te quantum wells with a diluted 2DEG were investigated. The strong Coulomb interaction between electrons and holes, which results in large binding energies of neutral excitons and negatively charged excitons (trions), allows one to address selectively the exciton or trion states by resonant optical excitation. Different scenarios of spin coherence generation were analyzed theoretically, among them the direct trion photocreation, the formation of trions from photogenerated excitons, and the electron-exciton exchange scattering. Good agreement between experiment and theory is found.
AB - The mechanisms for generation of long-lived spin coherence in a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) have been studied experimentally by means of a picosecond pump-probe Kerr rotation technique. CdTe (Cd,Mg) Te quantum wells with a diluted 2DEG were investigated. The strong Coulomb interaction between electrons and holes, which results in large binding energies of neutral excitons and negatively charged excitons (trions), allows one to address selectively the exciton or trion states by resonant optical excitation. Different scenarios of spin coherence generation were analyzed theoretically, among them the direct trion photocreation, the formation of trions from photogenerated excitons, and the electron-exciton exchange scattering. Good agreement between experiment and theory is found.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.205310
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.205310
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:36049019572
VL - 76
JO - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
SN - 1098-0121
IS - 20
M1 - 205310
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