• A. A. High
  • A.T. Hammack
  • J.R. Leonard
  • Sen Yang
  • L.V. Butov
  • T. Ostatnicky
  • M. Vladimirova
  • A.V. Kavokin
  • T.C.H. Liew
  • K.L. Campman
  • A. C. Gossard
We report the observation of spin currents in a coherent gas of indirect excitons. The realized longrange spin currents originate from the formation of a coherent gas of bosonic pairs—a new mechanism to suppress the spin relaxation. The spin currents result in the appearance of a variety of polarization patterns, including helical patterns, four-leaf patterns, spiral patterns, bell patterns, and periodic patterns. We demonstrate control of the spin currents by a magnetic field. We also present a theory of coherent exciton spin transport that describes the observed exciton polarization patterns and indicates the trajectories of the spin currents.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)246403_1-5
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume110
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

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