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III-V体半导体中电子自旋弛豫的全微观动力学自旋Bloch方程方法

Electron spin relaxation in bulk III-V semiconductors from a fully microscopic kinetic spin Bloch equation approach

J. H. Jiang, M. W. Wu

摘要:

电子自旋弛豫散装III-V族半导体研究从一个完全微观动力学自旋布洛赫方程的方法,其中所有相关的散射,如,电子-非磁性杂质,电子-声子,电子-电子,电子-空穴,和电子-空穴交换(Bir-Aronov-Pikus机制)散射明确包括在内。Elliot-Yafet机制也被完全纳入。这种方法提供了一种方法,彻底了解电子自旋弛豫附近和远离平衡的金属制度。研究了自旋弛豫时间与电子密度、温度、初始自旋极化、光激发密度和空穴密度的关系,并分析了相关的物理机制。与以往文献中的研究相比,我们发现:(i)在$n$型材料中,Elliot-Yafet机制比D 'yakonov-Perel'机制重要,即使对于窄带隙半导体如InSb和InAs也是如此。(ii)自旋弛豫时间的密度依赖性是非单调的,我们预测在金属制度中的$n$型和本征材料的{ \em峰}。(iii)在本征材料中,Bir-Aronov-Pikus机制与D 'yakonov-Perel'机制相比可以忽略不计。我们还预测的自旋弛豫时间的温度依赖性,这是由于在本征材料中的电子-电子库仑散射的初始自旋极化小的非单调温度依赖性的峰值。(iv)在$p$型III-V族半导体中,.. (the由于篇幅所限,此处省略其余部分)

英文摘要:

Electron spin relaxation in bulk III-V semiconductors is investigated from a fully microscopic kinetic spin Bloch equation approach where all relevant scatterings, such as, the electron--nonmagnetic-impurity, electron-phonon, electron-electron, electron-hole, and electron-hole exchange (the Bir-Aronov-Pikus mechanism) scatterings are explicitly included. The Elliot-Yafet mechanism is also fully incorporated. This approach offers a way toward thorough understanding of electron spin relaxation both near and far away from the equilibrium in the metallic regime. The dependence of the spin relaxation time on electron density, temperature, initial spin polarization, photo-excitation density, and hole density are studied thoroughly with the underlying physics analyzed. In contrast to the previous investigations in the literature, we find that: (i) In $n$-type materials, the Elliot-Yafet mechanism is {\em less} important than the D'yakonov-Perel' mechanism, even for the narrow band-gap semiconductors such as InSb and InAs. (ii) The density dependence of the spin relaxation time is nonmonotonic and we predict a {\em peak} in the metallic regime in both $n$-type and intrinsic materials. (iii) In intrinsic materials, the Bir-Aronov-Pikus mechanism is found to be negligible compared with the D'yakonov-Perel' mechanism. We also predict a peak in the temperature dependence of spin relaxation time which is due to the nonmonotonic temperature dependence of the electron-electron Coulomb scattering in intrinsic materials with small initial spin polarization. (iv) In $p$-type III-V semiconductors, ...... (the remaining is omitted here due to the limit of space)

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