Spin relaxation in CdTe quantum dots
Author(s) -
Ye Chen,
Tsuyoshi Okuno,
Yasuaki Masumoto,
Yoshikazu Terai,
Shinji Kuroda,
K. Takita
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
physical review b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-4489
pISSN - 1098-0121
DOI - 10.1103/physrevb.71.033314
Subject(s) - condensed matter physics , quantum dot , magnetic field , physics , hyperfine structure , spin polarization , excitation , photoluminescence , exchange interaction , polarization (electrochemistry) , exciton , spin (aerodynamics) , circular polarization , relaxation (psychology) , electron , atomic physics , ferromagnetism , quantum mechanics , optics , chemistry , psychology , social psychology , thermodynamics
We have measured photoluminescence (PL) spectra and time-resolved PL in CdTe quantum dots under the longitudinal magnetic field up to 10 T. Circular polarization of PL increases with increasing magnetic field, while its linear polarization remains zero under linearly polarized excitation. This behavior cannot be explained by the anisotropic exchange interaction of excitons. Time-resolved PL measurements clarified that this behavior is caused by the suppression of spin relaxation induced by the longitudinal magnetic field. We believe that this behavior is related to the hyperfine interaction of electron spin with magnetic momenta of lattice nuclei
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