Spin dynamics in semiconductors

MW Wu, JH Jiang, MQ Weng - Physics Reports, 2010 - Elsevier
This article reviews the current status of spin dynamics in semiconductors which has
achieved much progress in the recent years due to the fast growing field of semiconductor …

Electrical spin injection and threshold reduction in a semiconductor laser

M Holub, J Shin, D Saha, P Bhattacharya - Physical Review Letters, 2007 - APS
A spin-polarized vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser is demonstrated with electrical spin
injection from an Fe/Al 0.1 Ga 0.9 As Schottky tunnel barrier. Laser operation with a spin …

Spin injection and detection up to room temperature in Heusler alloy/-GaAs spin valves

TA Peterson, SJ Patel, CC Geppert, KD Christie, A Rath… - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We have measured the spin injection efficiency and spin lifetime in Co 2 FeSi/n-GaAs lateral
nonlocal spin valves from 20 to 300 K. We observe large (∼ 40 μ V) spin valve signals at …

Acoustically Induced Spin-Orbit Interactions Revealed by Two-Dimensional Imaging<? format?> of Spin Transport in GaAs

H Sanada, T Sogawa, H Gotoh, K Onomitsu, M Kohda… - Physical review …, 2011 - APS
Magneto-optic Kerr microscopy was employed to investigate the spin-orbit interactions of
electrons traveling in semiconductor quantum wells using surface acoustic waves (SAWs) …

Time-resolved dynamics of the spin Hall effect

NP Stern, DW Steuerman, S Mack, AC Gossard… - Nature Physics, 2008 - nature.com
The generation and manipulation of carrier spin polarization in semiconductors solely by
electric fields has garnered significant attention as both an interesting manifestation of spin …

Electron density dependence of the spin Hall effect in GaAs probed by scanning Kerr rotation microscopy

S Matsuzaka, Y Ohno, H Ohno - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2009 - APS
We studied electron density (n) dependence of the extrinsic spin Hall effect in n-doped GaAs
with n raging from 1.8× 10 16 to 3.3× 10 17 cm− 3. By scanning Kerr microscopy …

Bias-dependent electron spin lifetimes in n-GaAs and the role of donor impact ionization

M Furis, DL Smith, SA Crooker, JL Reno - Applied physics letters, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
In bulk n-Ga As epilayers doped near the metal-insulator transition, the authors study the
evolution of electron spin lifetime τ s as a function of applied lateral electrical bias E x⁠. τ s is …

Spin–orbit interaction and transport in GaAs two-dimensional holes

B Habib, M Shayegan, R Winkler - Semiconductor science and …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We present quantitative measurements and calculations of the spin–orbit-induced zero
magnetic field spin-splitting in GaAs two-dimensional hole systems. The magneto-resistance …

Flying electron spin control gates

PLJ Helgers, JAH Stotz, H Sanada, Y Kunihashi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The control of" flying”(or moving) spin qubits is an important functionality for the manipulation
and exchange of quantum information between remote locations on a chip. Typically, gates …

[HTML][HTML] Drift and diffusion of spins generated by the spin Hall effect

NP Stern, DW Steuerman, S Mack, AC Gossard… - Applied Physics …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
Electrically generated spin accumulation due to the spin Hall effect is imaged in n-Ga As
channels using Kerr rotation microscopy, focusing on its spatial distribution and time …