Spin relaxation times of 2D holes from spin sensitive bleaching of inter-subband absorption

Details Spin relaxation times of 2D holes from spin sensitive bleaching of inter-subband absorption Spin relaxation times of 2D holes from spin sensitive bleaching of inter-subband absorption

2004-02-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0402572v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

14 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1753656

We present spin relaxation times of 2D holes obtained by means of spin sensitive bleaching of the absorption of infrared radiation in p-type GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells (QWs). It is shown that the saturation of inter-subband absorption of circularly polarized radiation is mainly controlled by the spin relaxation time of the holes. The saturation behavior has been determined for different QW widths and in a wide temperature range with the result that the saturation intensity substantially decreases with narrowing of the QWs. Spin relaxation times are derived from the measured saturation intensities by making use of calculated (linear) absorption coefficients for direct inter-subband transitions. It is shown that spin relaxation is due to the D'yakonov-Perel' mechanism governed by hole-hole scattering. The problem of selection rules is addressed.

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