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Electron-spin decoherence in bulk and quantum-well zinc-blende semiconductors
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Electron-spin decoherence in bulk and quantum-well zinc-blende semiconductors

Wayne H. Lau, J. T. Olesberg and Michael E. Flatté
Physical review. B, Condensed matter, Vol.64(16), pp.1613011-1613014
10/15/2001
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.161301
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0004461View
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Abstract

A theory for longitudinal (formula presented) and transverse (formula presented) electron spin coherence times in zinc-blende semiconductor quantum wells is developed based on a nonperturbative nanostructure model solved in a fourteen-band restricted basis set. Distinctly different dependences of coherence times on mobility, quantization energy, and temperature are found from previous calculations. Quantitative agreement between our calculations and measurements is found for GaAs/AlGaAs, InGaAs/InP, and GaSb/AlSb quantum wells. © 2001 The American Physical Society.

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