Transport and lifetime enhancement of photoexcited spins in GaAs by surface acoustic waves.
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We demonstrate spin transport and spin lifetime enhancement in GaAs quantum wells induced by the traveling piezoelectric field of a surface acoustic wave (SAW). Spin transport lengths of about 3 microm corresponding to spin relaxation times during transport over 1 ns are observed, which are considerably longer than the exciton spin diffusion lengths in the absence of a SAW. The slow spin relaxation is attributed to a reduced electron-hole exchange interaction, when the carriers are spatially separated by the lateral potential modulation induced by the SAW.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 87 27 Pt 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001