Spectrally resolved overhauser shifts in single GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs quantum dots

被引:87
作者
Brown, SW
Kennedy, TA
Gammon, D
Snow, ES
机构
[1] The Naval Research Laboratory
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1996年 / 54卷 / 24期
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.54.R17339
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
In this work, the direct observation of spectrally resolved, polarization-dependent shifts in excitonic Zeeman splittings arising from dynamic polarization of lattice nuclei (the Overhauser effect) in single quantum dots is reported. Overhauser shifts corresponding to effective nuclear fields greater than 1.3 T were observed from quantum dots in a 4.2-nm-wide quantum well. These electron-nuclear interactions are an important aspect of the optical properties of quantum dots and may significantly affect recombination dynamics in quantum dots even in the absence of an external magnetic field.
引用
收藏
页码:17339 / 17342
页数:4
相关论文
共 25 条
  • [1] DIRECTLY DETECTED NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE OF OPTICALLY PUMPED GAAS QUANTUM-WELLS
    BARRETT, SE
    TYCKO, R
    PFEIFFER, LN
    WEST, KW
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1994, 72 (09) : 1368 - 1371
  • [2] SHARP-LINE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE AND 2-PHOTON ABSORPTION OF ZERO-DIMENSIONAL BIEXCITONS IN A GAAS/ALGAAS STRUCTURE
    BRUNNER, K
    ABSTREITER, G
    BOHM, G
    TRANKLE, G
    WEIMANN, G
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1994, 73 (08) : 1138 - 1141
  • [3] ELECTRON-SPIN-RESONANCE STUDIES OF DONORS IN WURTZITE GAN
    CARLOS, WE
    FREITAS, JA
    KHAN, MA
    OLSON, DT
    KUZNIA, JN
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1993, 48 (24): : 17878 - 17884
  • [4] DYNAMIC NUCLEAR-SPIN POLARIZATION BY COHERENT SPIN-FLIP RAMAN-SCATTERING IN INSB
    DENNINGER, G
    PASCHER, H
    [J]. SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS, 1989, 70 (03) : 399 - 402
  • [5] ELECTRICAL DETECTION OF NUCLEAR MAGNETIC-RESONANCE IN GAAS-ALXGA1-XAS HETEROSTRUCTURES
    DOBERS, M
    VONKLITZING, K
    SCHNEIDER, J
    WEIMANN, G
    PLOOG, K
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1988, 61 (14) : 1650 - 1653
  • [6] OVERHAUSER-SHIFT MEASUREMENTS ON SI-P NEAR THE METAL-INSULATOR-TRANSITION
    DYAKONOV, V
    DENNINGER, G
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1992, 46 (08): : 5008 - 5011
  • [7] EFROS AL, 1996, B AM PHYS SOC, V41, P173
  • [8] OPTICALLY DETECTED NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE OF NUCLEI WITHIN A QUANTUM-WELL
    FLINN, GP
    HARLEY, RT
    SNELLING, MJ
    TROPPER, AC
    KERR, TM
    [J]. SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 1990, 5 (06) : 533 - 537
  • [9] EXCITED-STATE SPECTROSCOPY OF EXCITONS IN SINGLE QUANTUM DOTS
    GAMMON, D
    SNOW, ES
    KATZER, DS
    [J]. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1995, 67 (16) : 2391 - 2393
  • [10] Homogeneous linewidths in the optical spectrum of a single gallium arsenide quantum dot
    Gammon, D
    Snow, ES
    Shanabrook, BV
    Katzer, DS
    Park, D
    [J]. SCIENCE, 1996, 273 (5271) : 87 - 90