Propagation dynamics of exciton spins in a high-density semiconductor quantum dot system

• We study propagation dynamics of exciton spins in a system composed of high-density self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) of CdSe and a diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS) layer of ZnMnSe, where spin-polarized excitons are generated in the DMS layer and are subsequently injected into the QDs. The degree of circular polarization, P, of excitonic photoluminescence at 5 T in the coupled QDs shows a rapid increase with increasing delay time after a linearly polarized pulsed excitation, indicating the exciton-spin injection from the ZnMnSe to CdSe-QDs. The P value tends to decay gradually because of the exciton-spin relaxation in the QDs after the injection. The spin-polarized excitons in the QD ensemble migrate simultaneously from the QDs with higher exciton energies to those with lower exciton energies, where the exciton-spins relax inside each dot during the migration. Therefore, the observed P values in the QD emission band are affected by this feeding of the relaxed spins.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

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Semiconductor physics

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