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We perform polarization-resolved magneto-optical measurements on single InAsP quantum dots embedded in an InP nanowire. In order to determine all elements of the electron and hole $g$-factor tensors, we measure in magnetic field with…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-12-06 B. J. Witek , R. W. Heeres , U. Perinetti , E. P. A. M. Bakkers , L. P. Kouwenhoven , V. Zwiller

Hyperfine interactions between electron and nuclear spins in the quantum Hall regime provide powerful means for manipulation and detection of nuclear spins. In this work we demonstrate that significant changes in nuclear spin polarization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Y. Q. Li , V. Umansky , K. von Klitzing , J. H. Smet

We investigated spin-resolved electronic transport through a junction composed of a nonmagnetic metal electrode and a zigzag carbon nanotube by means of self-consistent Green's function method in the tight binding approximation and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-09-12 Zhan-Feng Jiang , Jian Li , Shun-Qing Shen , W. M. Liu

Experimental studies of spin transport in a two-dimensional electron gas hosted by a triple GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well are reported. Using time-resolved Kerr rotation, we observed the precession of the spin polarization about a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 S. Ullah , G. J. Ferreira , G. M. Gusev , A. K. Bakarov , F. G. G. Hernandez

Spin-echo instruments are typically used to measure diffusive processes and the dynamics and motion in samples on ps and ns timescales. A key aspect of the spin-echo technique is to determine the polarisation of a particle beam. We present…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-02-05 Anton Tamtögl , Benjamin Davey , David J. Ward , Andrew P. Jardine , John Ellis , William Allison

A scheme of spin diode is proposed that uses a step-like quantum wire with Rashba spin-orbit interaction, connected to two leads with different width. It is shown that a very large vertical spin-polarized current can be generated when…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Xianbo Xiao , Yuguang Chen

The M{\o}ller polarimeter in Hall A at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, VA, has provided reliable measurements of electron beam polarization for the past two decades reaching the typically required $\pm$1\% level of absolute uncertainty.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-07-05 D. C. Jones , J. Napolitano , P. A. Souder , D. E. King , W. Henry , D. Gaskell , K. Paschke

In-line polarimeters perform non-destructive polarization measurements of optical signals, and play a critical role in monitoring and controlling the polarization environment in for example optical networks. While current in-line…

Optics · Physics 2015-12-10 J. P. Balthasar Müller , Kristjan Leosson , Federico Capasso

Light polarization is a key aspect of modern optics. Current methods for polarization control utilize birefringence and dichroism of anisotropic materials or of arrays of anisotropically shaped nanostructures. Based on collective optical…

In the optical pumping systems based on the pump-probe arrangement, the spin polarization of the atoms is generally monitored utilizing the probe laser beam, in which way an extra perturbation must be introduced and thus affects the normal…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-02-09 Jiancheng Fang , Rujie Li , Lihong Duan , Wenfeng Fan , Liwei Jiang

We study the spin-dependent magneto conductance in mesoscopic rings subject to an inhomogeneous in-plane magnetic field. We show that the polarization direction of transmitted spin-polarized electrons can be controlled via an additional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Diego Frustaglia , Martina Hentschel , Klaus Richter

We consider the problem of tunneling between two leads via a localized spin 1/2 or any other microscopic system which can be modeled by a two-level Hamiltonian. We assume that a constant magnetic field ${\bf B}_0$ acts on the spin, that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 L. N. Bulaevskii , M. Hruška , G. Ortiz

We investigate the spin-polarization of the ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As by point contact Andreev reflection spectroscopy. The conductance spectra are analyzed using a recent theoretical model that accounts for momentum- and…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-02-21 S. Piano , R. Grein , C. J. Mellor , K. Vyborny , R. Campion , M. Wang , M. Eschrig , B. L. Gallagher

The spin polarization of the electron current in a p-(Ga,Mn)As-n-(Al,Ga)As-Zener tunnel diode, which is embedded in a light-emitting diode, has been studied theoretically. A series of self-consistent simulations determines the charge…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Van Dorpe , W. Van Roy , J. De Boeck , G. Borghs , P. Sankowski , P. Kacman , J. A. Majewski , T. Dietl

We investigate theoretically the prospects for using a magnetic nanoelectromechanical single-electron tunneling (NEM-SET) device as an electronic spin filter. We find that strong magnetic exchange forces on the net spin of the mobile…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-09-25 Robert I. Shekhter , Artem Pulkin , Mats Jonson

We show that ionization of noble gas atoms by strong infrared circularly polarized laser field under standard exerimental conditions can yield electrons with up to 100% spin polarization in energy resolved measurements. Spin polarization…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-07-18 Ingo Barth , Olga Smirnova

The electron-nuclei (hyperfine) interaction is central to spin qubits in solid state systems. It can be a severe decoherence source but also allows dynamic access to the nuclear spin states. We study a double quantum dot exposed to an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-13 Gunnar Petersen , Eric A. Hoffmann , Dieter Schuh , Werner Wegscheider , Geza Giedke , Stefan Ludwig

We have studied the current through a carbon nanotube quantum dot with one ferromagnetic and one normal-metal lead. For the values of gate voltage at which the normal lead is resonant with the single available non-degenerate energy level on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-08-20 Christopher A. Merchant , Nina Markovic

Theory of spin noise in low dimensional systems and bulk semiconductors is reviewed. Spin noise is usually detected by optical means, continuously measuring the rotation angle of the polarization plane of the probe beam passing through the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-30 D. S. Smirnov , V. N. Mantsevich , M. M. Glazov

Using a novel technique, we make quantitative measurements of the spin polarization of dilute (3.4 to 6.8*10^{10} cm^{-2}) GaAs (311)A two-dimensional holes as a function of an in-plane magnetic field. As the field is increased the system…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 E. Tutuc , E. P. De Poortere , S. J. Papadakis , M. Shayegan