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Spin Dynamics of Free Carriers in Quantum Wells

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Spin Physics in Semiconductors

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In this chapter we describe the spin-dynamics of free carriers in quantum wells, concentrating on zinc-blende structure semiconductors. The spin properties of electrons in silicon are discussed in Chap. 7. The basic question in this chapter is: how does a spin polarized carrier population return to equilibrium? We shall also specialize it to exclude effects of spatial nonuniformity; so we are not talking of spin diffusion or transport, an exciting field covered in Chaps. 8, 9, and 10.

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Harley, R.T. (2008). Spin Dynamics of Free Carriers in Quantum Wells. In: Dyakonov, M.I. (eds) Spin Physics in Semiconductors. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 157. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78820-1_2

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