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Belkov, Vassilij ; Ganichev, Sergey ; Schneider, Petra ; Schowalter, D. ; Rössler, Ulrich ; Prettl, Wilhelm ; Ivchenko, E. ; Neumann, Richard ; Brunner, K. ; Abstreiter, Gerhard

Spin-Photocurrent in p-SiGe quantum wells under terahertz laser irradiation

Belkov, Vassilij, Ganichev, Sergey, Schneider, Petra, Schowalter, D., Rössler, Ulrich, Prettl, Wilhelm, Ivchenko, E., Neumann, Richard, Brunner, K. and Abstreiter, Gerhard (2003) Spin-Photocurrent in p-SiGe quantum wells under terahertz laser irradiation. Journal of Superconductivity 16 (2), pp. 415-418.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 05 Aug 2009 13:27
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.1333


Abstract

A detailed study of the circular photogalvanic effect (CPGE) in SiGe structures is presented. It is shown that the CPGE becomes possible because of the built-in asymmetry of quantum wells (QWs) in compositionally stepped samples and in asymmetrically doped structures. The photocurrent arises due to optical spin orientation of free carriers in QWs with spin splitting in k-space. It is shown that ...

A detailed study of the circular photogalvanic effect (CPGE) in SiGe structures is presented. It is shown that the CPGE becomes possible because of the built-in asymmetry of quantum wells (QWs) in compositionally stepped samples and in asymmetrically doped structures. The photocurrent arises due to optical spin orientation of free carriers in QWs with spin splitting in k-space. It is shown that the effect can be applied to probe the macroscopic in-plane symmetry of low dimensional structures and allowing to conclude on Rashba or Dresselhaus terms in the Hamiltonian.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleJournal of Superconductivity
Volume:16
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:2
Page Range:pp. 415-418
Date2003
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Alumni or Retired Professors > Group Wilhelm Prettl
Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Professor Ganichev > Group Sergey Ganichev
Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Alumni or Retired Professors > Group Ulrich Rössler
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10.1023/A:1023662730523DOI
KeywordsSiGe-QWs; photogalvanic effect; Rashba term.
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
Item ID1333

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