Title :
Optical birefringence effects of pure spin currents in semiconductors
Author :
Liu, Ren-Bao ; Wang, Jing ; Zhu, Bang-Fen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin
Abstract :
We predict that a pure spin current in a semiconductor, even without net magnetization, presents the Voigt and Faraday birefringence, which may be exploited for a direct, non-demolition measurement of the pure spin current.
Keywords :
Faraday effect; birefringence; semiconductors; spin polarised transport; Faraday birefringence; Voigt birefringence; optical birefringence; pure spin current; semiconductor; spin polarizations; Birefringence; Current measurement; Magnetization; Magnetoelectronics; Magnetooptic effects; Optical coupling; Optical polarization; Physics; Spectroscopy; Tensile stress; (230.3810) Magneto-optic systems; (300.6470) Spectroscopy, semiconductors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
