We have found that intensity $I$ and circular polarization degree $\rho$ of
the edge photoluminescence, excited in GaAsN alloys by circularly polarized
light at room temperature, grow substantially in the longitudinal magnetic
field $B$ of the order of 1\,kG. This increase depends on the intensity of
pumping and, in the region of weak or moderate intensities, may reach a twofold
value. In two-charge-state model, which considers spin-dependent recombination
of spin-oriented free electrons on deep paramagnetic centers, we included the
magnetic-field suppression of spin relaxation of the electrons bound on
centers. The model describes qualitatively the rise of $\rho$ and $I$ in a
magnetic field under different pump intensities. Experimental dependences
$\rho(B)$ and $I(B)$ are shifted with respect to zero of the magnetic field by
a value of $\sim$170\,Gauss, while the direction of the shift reverses with
change of the sign of circular polarization of pumping. As a possible cause of
the discovered shift we consider the Overhauser field, arising due to the
hyperfine interaction of an electron bound on a center with nuclei of the
crystal lattice in the vicinity of the center.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, Submitted to Physical Review
We report on optical orientation experiments in undoped GaAsN epilayers and InGaAsN quantum wells (QW), showing that a strong electron spin polarisation can persist at room temperature. We demonstrate that the spin dynamics in these dilute nitride structures is governed by a spin-dependent recombination process of free conduction electrons on deep paramagnetic centres.
We report on both experimental and theoretical study of conduction-electron spin polarization dynamics achieved by pulsed optical pumping at room temperature in GaAs1−xNx alloys with a small nitrogen content (x = 2.1, 2.7, 3.4%). It is found that the photoluminescence circular polarization determined by the mean spin of free electrons reaches 40-45% and this giant value persists within 2 ns. Simultaneously, the total free-electron spin decays rapidly with the characteristic time ≈ 150 ps. The results are explained by spin-dependent capture of free conduction electrons on deep paramagnetic centers resulting in dynamical polarization of bound electrons. We have developed a nonlinear theory of spin dynamics in the coupled system of spin-polarized free and localized carriers which describes the experimental dependencies, in particular, electron spin quantum beats observed in a transverse magnetic field.
We present a systematic theoretical study of spin-dependent recombination and its effect on optical orientation of photoelectron spins in semiconductors with deep paramagnetic centers. For this aim we generalize the Shockley-Read theory of recombination of electrons and holes through the deep centers with allowance for optically-induced spin polarization of free and bound electrons. Starting from consideration of defects with three charge states we turn to the two-charge-state model possessing nine parameters and show that it is compatible with available experimental data on undoped GaAsN alloys. In the weak- and strong-pumping limits, we derive simple analytic equations which are useful in prediction and interpretation of experimental results. Experimental and theoretical dependences of the spin-dependent recombination ratio and degree of photoluminescence circular polarization on the pumping intensity and the transverse magnetic field are compared and discussed.
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