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Anomalously large spin susceptibility enhancement in n-doped CdMnTe quantum wells

  • Z. Ben Cheikh
  • , S. Cronenberger
  • , M. Vladimirova
  • , D. Scalbert
  • , K. Boujdaria
  • , F. Baboux
  • , F. Perez
  • , T. Wojtowicz
  • , G. Karczewski
  • Laboratoire Charles Coulomb
  • Université de Carthage
  • CNRS, UMR 7588, INSP
  • Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

We report on time-resolved Kerr rotation (TRKR) experiments done on n-doped CdMnTe quantum wells (QWs), in the regime where strong coupling between the electron and the Mn spin-flip excitations shows up. It has been proposed previously to deduce the 2D electron gas spin susceptibility from the coupling energy between these spin excitations. Here we measure the coupling energy on a high mobility sample down to very low excitation density, and compare the results with spin-flip Raman scattering (SFRS) on the same sample. The electron spin polarizations measured by TRKR and SFRS are found in relatively good agreement. However the spin susceptibility measured by TRKR exceeds systematically the values predicted by many-body theory. This could be an indication that the two-oscillator model used to describe mixed electron-Mn spin excitations needs to be improved.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPhysics of Semiconductors - Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, ICPS 2012
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
Pages349-350
Number of pages2
ISBN (Print)9780735411944
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event31st International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, ICPS 2012 - Zurich, Switzerland
Duration: 29 Jul 20123 Aug 2012

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1566
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference31st International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, ICPS 2012
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityZurich
Period29/07/123/08/12

Keywords

  • Diluted magnetic semiconductors
  • Quantum wells
  • Raman scattering
  • Spin polarization
  • Time-resolved Kerr rotation

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