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Publication
Physical Review Letters
Paper
Femtosecond spin-polarization spectroscopy in diluted-magnetic- semiconductor quantum wells
Abstract
Charge-carrier spin scattering in diluted-magnetic-semiconductor multiple quantum wells is directly observed through the circular polarization of luminescence in a femtosecond time-resolved measurement. This represents a new short-time regime for direct spin-relaxation studies. Separate observations of electron and hole relaxation are accomplished by varying the applied magnetic field. Surprisingly, the spin-flip scattering rates in these systems appear to be independent of the extremely strong spin-spin exchange interaction between the charge carriers and the magnetic ions. © 1990 The American Physical Society.