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We have studied the physical processes responsible for the spin -flip in GaAs quantum dots. We have calculated the rates for different mechanisms which are related to spin-orbit coupling and cause a spin-flip during the inelastic relaxation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Alexander V. Khaetskii , Yuli V. Nazarov

We study the effects of spin-flip scatterings on the time-dependent transport properties through a magnetic quantum dot attached to normal and ferromagnetic leads. The transient spin-dynamics as well as the steady-state tunneling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Enrico Perfetto , Gianluca Stefanucci , Michele Cini

A quantitative investigation of spin-pumping-induced spin-transport in n-GaAs was conducted at room temperature (RT). GaAs has a non-negligible spin orbit interaction, so that electromotive force due to the inverse spin Hall effect (ISHE)…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-23 Akiyori Yamamoto , Yuichiro Ando , Teruya Shinjo , Tetsuya Uemura , Masashi Shiraishi

We measure spin transport in high mobility suspended graphene (\mu ~ 10^5 cm^2/Vs), obtaining a (spin) diffusion coefficient of 0.1 m^2/s and giving a lower bound on the spin relaxation time (\tau_s ~ 150 ps) and spin relaxation length…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-10 M. H. D. Guimarães , A. Veligura , P. J. Zomer , T. Maassen , I. J. Vera-Marun , N. Tombros , B. J. van Wees

Theoretical research on electronic properties in mesoscopic condensed matter systems has focused primarily on the electron charge freedom degrees, while its corresponding spin freedom degrees have not yet received the same attention.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-14 H. Paredes Gutíerrez , S. T. Pérez-Merchancano , G. E. Marques

The D'yakonov-Perel' mechanism of spin relaxation is connected with the spin splitting of the electron dispersion curve in crystals lacking a center of symmetry. In a two-dimensional noncentrosymmetric system, e.g. quantum well or…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. M. Glazov , E. L. Ivchenko

We study magnetic fluctuations in a system of interacting spins on a lattice at high temperatures and in the presence of a spatially varying magnetic field. Starting from a microscopic Hamiltonian we derive effective equations of motion for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-03-28 Andrew Sykes , Dmitry Solenov , Dmitry Mozyrsky

We investigate effects of spin-orbit splitting on electronic transport in a spin valve consisting of a large quantum dot defined on a two-dimensional electron gas with two ferromagnetic contacts. In the presence of both structure inversion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Saarikoski , W. Wetzels , G. E. W. Bauer

Space- and time-resolved measurements of spin drift and diffusion are performed on a GaAs-hosted two-dimensional electron gas. For spins where forward drift is compensated by backward diffusion, we find a precession frequency in absence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-05-11 P. Altmann , F. G. G. Hernandez , G. J. Ferreira , M. Kohda , C. Reichl , W. Wegscheider , G. Salis

We analyze spin splitting of the two-dimensional hole spectrum in strained asymmetric SiGe quantum wells (QWs). Based on the Luttinger Hamiltonian, we obtain expressions for the spin-splitting parameters up to the third order in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. A. Glavin , K. W. Kim

In this paper we use a spin kinetic equation to study spin polarization dynamics in 1D wires and 2D channels. This approach is valid in both diffusive and ballistic spin transport regimes and, therefore, more general than the usual spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-10-17 V. A. Slipko , Y. V. Pershin

Electron spin dynamics in InAs/GaAs heterostructures consisting of a single layer of InAs (1/3$\sim$1 monolayer) embeded in (001) and (311)A GaAs matrix was studied by means of time-resolved Kerr rotation spectroscopy. The spin relaxation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Chunlei Yang , Xiaodong Cui , Shun-Qing Shen , Zhongying Xu , Weikun Ge

We measure the donor-bound electron longitudinal spin-relaxation time ($T_1$) as a function of magnetic field ($B$) in three high-purity direct-bandgap semiconductors: GaAs, InP, and CdTe, observing a maximum $T_1$ of $1.4~\text{ms}$,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-28 Todd Karin , Xiayu Linpeng , M. V. Durnev , Russell Barbour , M. M. Glazov , E. Ya. Sherman , Simon Watkins , Satoru Seto , Kai-Mei C. Fu

Spin properties of single electron states in laterally coupled quantum dots in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field are studied by exact numerical diagonalization. Dresselhaus (linear and cubic) and Bychkov-Rashba spin-orbit…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter Stano , Jaroslav Fabian

Recently, we developed an \textit{ab initio} approach of spin lifetime (\tau_{s}) and spin diffusion length (l_{s}) in solids [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 046705 (2025)], based on a density-matrix master equation with quantum treatment of…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-22 Junqing Xu , Can Liu , Weiwei Chen

We have investigated the spin dynamics of a high-mobility two-dimensional electron system (2DES) in a GaAs--Al$_{0.3}$Ga$_{0.7}$As single quantum well by time-resolved Faraday rotation (TRFR) in dependence on the initial degree of spin…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Stich , J. Zhou , T. Korn , D. Schuh , W. Wegscheider , M. W. Wu , C. Schüller

We investigate the spin dynamics of high-mobility two-dimensional electrons in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells grown along the $[001]$ and $[110]$ directions by time-resolved Faraday rotation at low temperatures. In measurements on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-07-01 M. Griesbeck , M. M. Glazov , T. Korn , E. Ya. Sherman , D. Waller , C. Reichl , D. Schuh , W. Wegscheider , C. Schüller

We investigate the spin diffusion and transport in a graphene monolayer on SiO$_2$ substrate by means of the microscopic kinetic spin Bloch equation approach. The substrate causes a strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling field $\sim 0.15$ meV,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-07-07 P. Zhang , M. W. Wu

The phenomenon of low-temperature spin Coulomb drag in a two-dimensional electron gas is investigated. The spin transresistivity coefficient is essentially enhanced in the diffusive regime, as compared to conventional predictions. The…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-02-12 A. G. Yashenkin , I. V. Gornyi

Modern electronic devices utilize charge to transmit and store information. This leaves the information susceptible to external influences, such as radiation, that can introduce short timescale charge fluctuations and, long term, degrade…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-06 Brennan C. Pursley , Xinlin Song , R. O. Torres-Isea , Eiman A. Bokari , Asghar Kayani , Vanessa Sih