Long-Lived Spin Coherence States
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We study evolution of electron spin coherence having non-homogeneous direction of spin polarization vector in semiconductor heterostructures. It is found that the electron spin relaxation time due to the D'yakonov-Perel' relaxation mechanism essentially depends on the initial spin polarization distribution. This effect has its origin in the coherent spin precession of electrons diffusing in the same direction. We predict a long spin relaxation time of a novel structure: a spin coherence standing wave and discuss its experimental realization.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0311223,
title = {Long-Lived Spin Coherence States},
author = {Yuriy V. Pershin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0311223},
year = {2007}
}