Strong anisotropic spin dynamics in narrow n-InGaAs/AlGaAs (110) quantum wells

K. Morita; H. Sanada; S. Matsuzaka; C. Y. Hu; Y. Ohno; H. Ohno

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Strong anisotropic spin dynamics in narrow n-InGaAs/AlGaAs (110) quantum wells

K. Morita, H. Sanada, S. Matsuzaka, C. Y. Hu, Y. Ohno, H. Ohno

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Anisotropic spin dynamics of two-dimensional electrons in strained n-InGaAsAlGaAs (110) quantum wells (QWs) is investigated by a time-resolved Faraday rotation technique. Strong anisotropy of the relaxation time for the electron spins in parallel (τ∥) and perpendicular (τ⊥) to the QWs is observed (τ⊥ τ∥ ∼60) at 150 K as a result of the enhanced D'yakonov-Perel' (DP) spin relaxation mechanism. At 5 K, an anisotropic feature of the spin relaxation time is also observed in the presence of in-plane magnetic field, suggesting that the DP mechanism is effective for low-temperature spin relaxation.

Original language	English
Article number	171905
Pages (from-to)	1-3
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	87
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2112193
Publication status	Published - 2005 Oct 24

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