title: Electron spin polarization induced by linearly polarized light in a (110) GaAs quantum-well waveguide.
abstract: We report an experimental demonstration of generating electron spin polarization with linearly polarized light in a (110) GaAs quantum well. A detailed frequency-domain pump-probe study shows that the dynamic nuclear spin polarization arising from the oriented electron spins results in a strong dependence of the electron spin splitting on the photon energy and intensity of the linearly polarized excitation laser.
authors.affiliation: Applied Science & Technology Group and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Shanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crankshaw
authors.forename: Forrest G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Sedgwick
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moewe
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chang-Hasnain
authors.forename: Hailin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shun-Lien
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Chuang