Ultrafast optical sampling pump-probe measurement of exciton spin relaxation in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells

Satoru Adachi; Shojiro Takeyama; Yoshihiro Takagi; Atsushi Tackeuchi; Shunichi Muto

doi:10.1063/1.116113

Ultrafast optical sampling pump-probe measurement of exciton spin relaxation in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells

Satoru Adachi^*, Shojiro Takeyama, Yoshihiro Takagi, Atsushi Tackeuchi, Shunichi Muto

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Abstract

Spin dynamics in GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells at room temperature are studied in subpicosecond to nanosecond time region by using the optical sampling nondegenerate pump-probe technique. Polarization-dependent absorption signals resonant to the light-hole (lh) exciton revealed the subpicosecond spin relaxation time which was several tens of times shorter than that of the heavy-hole (hh) exciton. Resonant pumping to lh and probing at hh exhibited no spin dependence within the time resolution, showing the spin memory being washed out completely during the energy relaxation from lh to hh.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	964-966
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	68
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.116113
Publication status	Published - 1996
Externally published	Yes

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