DocumentCode
500602
Title
All-optical injection, control, and detection of ballistic spin and charge currents in group IV semiconductors
Author
Smirl, Arthur L. ; Loren, Eric J. ; Ruzicka, Brian A. ; Werake, Lanani K. ; Zhao, Hui ; Van Driel, Henry M.
Author_Institution
Lab. for Photonics & Quantum Electron., Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Ballistic charge currents are injected into Ge and Si and pure spin currents into Ge using quantum interference techniques and are spatially and temporally resolved for the first time.
Keywords
ballistic transport; elemental semiconductors; germanium; silicon; Ge; Si; all-optical control; all-optical injection; ballistic charge currents; ballistic spin detection; group IV semiconductors; pure spin currents; quantum interference techniques; Interference; Spatial resolution; (190.5970) Semiconductor nonlinear optics; (320.7130) Ultrafast processes in condensed matter;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Type
conf
Filename
5226015
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