Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2010-03-10
Acta Physica Polonica B, Vol. 41, No 5, pages 1171-1180 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
8 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
The influence of temperature and transport conditions on the electron spin relaxation in lightly doped n-type GaAs semiconductors is investigated. A Monte Carlo approach is used to simulate electron transport, including the evolution of spin polarization and relaxation, by taking into account intravalley and intervalley scattering phenomena of the hot electrons in the medium. Spin relaxation lengths and times are computed through the D'yakonov-Perel process, which is the more relevant spin relaxation mechanism in the regime of interest (10 < T < 300 K). The decay of the initial spin polarization of the conduction electrons is calculated as a function of the distance in the presence of a static electric field varying in the range 0.1 - 2 kV/cm. We find that the electron spin depolarization lengths and times have a nonmonotonic dependence on both the lattice temperature and the electric field amplitude.
Adorno Dominique Persano
Pizzolato Nicola
Spagnolo Bernardo
Spezia Stefano
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