Spin-galvanic effect due to optical spin orientation
Ganichev, SD, Schneider, P, Bel'kov, VV, Ivchenko, EL, Tarasenko, SA, Wegscheider, W, Weiss, D, Schuh, D, Murdin, BN, Phillips, PJ , Pidgeon, CR, Clarke, DG, Merrick, M, Murzyn, P, Beregulin, EV and Prettl, W (2003) Spin-galvanic effect due to optical spin orientation Physical Review B, 68 (8), 081302. - - -.
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Abstract
Under oblique incidence of circularly polarized infrared radiation the spin-galvanic effect has been unambiguously observed in (001)-grown $n$-type GaAs quantum well (QW) structures in the absence of any external magnetic field. Resonant inter-subband transitions have been obtained making use of the tunability of the free-electron laser FELIX. It is shown that a helicity dependent photocurrent along one of the $<110>$ axes is predominantly contributed by the spin-galvanic effect while that along the perpendicular in-plane axis is mainly due to the circular photogalvanic effect. This strong non-equivalence of the [110] and [1$\bar{1}$0] directions is determined by the interplay between bulk and structural inversion asymmetries. A microscopic theory of the spin-galvanic effect for direct inter-subband optical transitions has been developed being in good agreement with experimental findings.
Item Type: | Article |
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Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences > Electronic Engineering > Advanced Technology Institute > Photonics Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences > Physics |
Authors : | Ganichev, SD, Schneider, P, Bel'kov, VV, Ivchenko, EL, Tarasenko, SA, Wegscheider, W, Weiss, D, Schuh, D, Murdin, BN, Phillips, PJ, Pidgeon, CR, Clarke, DG, Merrick, M, Murzyn, P, Beregulin, EV and Prettl, W |
Date : | 11 March 2003 |
DOI : | 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.081302 |
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Additional Information : | Copyright 2003 The American Physical Society. |
Depositing User : | Symplectic Elements |
Date Deposited : | 27 Sep 2012 08:54 |
Last Modified : | 06 Jul 2019 05:10 |
URI: | http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/712002 |
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