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Short range proximity effect induced by exchange interaction in tunnel-coupled CdTe and (Cd,Mn)Te quantum wells
摘要： The coherent spin dynamics of electrons in tunnel-coupled CdTe and (Cd,Mn)Te quantum wells (QWs) is studied by time-resolved pump-probe Kerr rotation. The coupled QWs have different thicknesses; the narrow one is doped by Mn2+ magnetic ions. A short range proximity effect between them is observed: the Zeeman splitting of electrons in the wide QW is given in addition to the intrinsic electron g factor by the exchange interaction with the Mn2+ ions mediated by electron tunneling into the narrow QW. The exchange interaction strength scales with the Cd0.88Mg0.12Te barrier thickness separating the QWs. The Kerr rotation signal measured on the wide QW shows two close frequencies of electron spin Larmor precession in a transverse magnetic field. These components have very different spin dephasing times, 50 ps and 1 ns. The two frequencies originate from electrons in the wide QW being either part of an exciton or being resident. The proximity effect of the exciton electron is smaller due to the binding by Coulomb interaction, which decreases the tunneling to the narrow well. The experimental data are in good agreement with model calculations.
关键词： Kerr rotation,proximity effect,quantum wells,exchange interaction,spin dynamics
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Phase velocity of drifting spin wave packets in semiconductor two-dimensional electron gas
摘要： We investigated the drift and diffusion dynamics of spin wave packets under spin–orbit effective magnetic fields in two-dimensional electron systems. A simplified model with a spin drift-diffusion equation predicted that the spin phase velocity will change over time from a large negative value to a small positive value. Kerr rotation microscopy revealed the trend we expected for the phase velocity in spin wave packets in a GaAs quantum well. Monte-Carlo simulations agreed with the experiment and showed that the phase velocity can be simply characterized by the spin–orbit parameters and the size ratio between the instantaneous and initial wave packets.
关键词： two-dimensional electron systems,spin wave packets,Kerr rotation microscopy,Monte-Carlo simulations,spin–orbit effective magnetic fields
更新于2025-09-09 09:28:46
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Ultrafast electron and spin dynamics of strongly correlated NdNiO <sub/>3</sub>
摘要： Electron and spin dynamics of strongly correlated NdNiO3 are investigated across the metal–insulator transition with ultrafast optical spectroscopy at different temperatures, pump laser fluences, and laser polarizations. Transient differential reflectivity measurements on the insulating phase NdNiO3 show two characteristic electronic decay processes. The slow decay process, strongly dependent on coherent phonon excitation, is attributed to the electron–phonon interaction, while the fast decay process, to the electron-spin interaction. The temporal evolution of Kerr rotation reveals that net spin polarization can be induced by circularly polarized light in insulating NdNiO3 via electron excitation from the Ni t?2g to e?g orbital, and two net spin polarizations with opposite directions are observed given the antiferromagnetic ordering in insulating NdNiO3. At the insulator-to-metal transition, the transient differential reflectivity reverses its sign; the metallic phase NdNiO3 also shows two characteristic electronic decay processes, a typical metallic decay processes and a slow decay process; the slow decay process is attributed to the interaction between electrons and the low frequency coherent phonons (～2.45 THz). Our experiments demonstrate that the phase transition involves several processes upon continuous heating: the electron-spin interaction disappears at 9 K below the transition temperature; at the transition temperature, NdNiO3 transitions into the metallic phase and the antiferromagnetic ordering transitions into the paramagnetic ordering; at the transition temperature, the structure of NdNiO3 changes from a monoclinic structure ( P21/n) to a high temperature orthorhombic ( Pbmn) structure. Such a structure change results in the change in phonon vibrations, and subsequently, leads to the disappearance of the electron–phonon interactions due to the insulating phase NdNiO3 and the emergence of other types of electron–phonon interactions due to the metallic phase.
关键词： time-resolved Kerr rotation measurements,electron and spin dynamics,femtosecond transient reflectivity measurement,polymer-assisted deposition,strongly correlated oxide NdNiO3
更新于2025-09-09 09:28:46