scholarly journals Unambiguous determination of spin dephasing times in ZnO by time-resolved magneto-optical pump-probe experiments

2014 ◽  
Vol 251 (9) ◽  
pp. 1861-1871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Kuhlen ◽  
Ralph Ledesch ◽  
Robin de Winter ◽  
Matthias Althammer ◽  
Sebastian T. B. Gönnenwein ◽  
...  
2003 ◽  
Vol 770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathanael Smith ◽  
Max J. Lederer ◽  
Marek Samoc ◽  
Barry Luther-Davies ◽  
Robert G. Elliman

AbstractOptical pump-probe measurements were performed on planar slab waveguides containing silicon nanocrystals in an attempt to measure optical gain from photo-excited silicon nanocrystals. Two experiments were performed, one with a continuous-wave probe beam and a pulsed pump beam, giving a time resolution of approximately 25 ns, and the other with a pulsed pump and probe beam, giving a time resolution of approximately 10 ps. In both cases the intensity of the probe beam was found to be attenuated by the pump beam, with the attenuation increasing monotonically with increasing pump power. Time-resolved measurements using the first experimental arrangement showed that the probe signal recovered its initial intensity on a time scale of 45-70 μs, a value comparable to the exciton lifetime in Si nanocrystals. These data are shown to be consistent with an induced absorption process such as confined carrier absorption. No evidence for optical gain was observed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 024101
Author(s):  
Athiya Mahmud Hanna ◽  
Oriol Vendrell ◽  
Robin Santra
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2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (12n13) ◽  
pp. 2813-2825
Author(s):  
D. R. YAKOVLEV ◽  
A. GREILICH ◽  
M. BAYER ◽  
I. A. YUGOVA

Electron spin coherence is examined experimentally and theoretically in singly charged ( In , Ga ) As / GaAs quantum dots. Time-resolved pump-probe Faraday rotation technique is used to examine fine structure and Zeeman splitting of excitons and resident electrons. Spin dephasing and spin coherence times of resident electrons have been measured in the regime of mode-locking of spin coherency.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (24) ◽  
pp. 5505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eriko Nango ◽  
Minoru Kubo ◽  
Kensuke Tono ◽  
So Iwata

Structural information on protein dynamics is a critical factor in fully understanding the protein functions. Pump-probe time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography (TR-SFX) is a recently established technique for visualizing the structural changes or reactions in proteins that are at work with high spatial and temporal resolution. In the pump-probe method, protein microcrystals are continuously delivered from an injector and exposed to an X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) pulse after a trigger to initiate a reaction, such as light, chemicals, temperature, and electric field, which affords the structural snapshots of intermediates that occur in the protein. We are in the process of developing the device and techniques for pump-probe TR-SFX while using XFEL produced at SPring-8 Angstrom Compact Free-Electron Laser (SACLA). In this paper, we described our current development details and data collection strategies for the optical pump X-ray probe TR-SFX experiment at SACLA and then reported the techniques of in crystallo TR spectroscopy, which is useful in clarifying the nature of reaction that takes place in crystals in advance.


2015 ◽  
Vol 821-823 ◽  
pp. 253-256
Author(s):  
Gediminas Liaugaudas ◽  
Donatas Dargis ◽  
Kęstutis Jarašiūnas ◽  
Nikolaos Tsavdaris ◽  
Eirini Sarigiannidou ◽  
...  

The electronic quality of a Physical Vapour Transport (PVT) grown 15R-SiC crystal at different stages of growth was assessed by time-resolved optical pump-probe techniques. The measured differential transmittivity (DT) kinetics for the layers corresponding to the initial, middle and final stages of growth revealed clear differences in the decay of the DT signal, indicating a decreasing concentration of traps at the later stages of the crystal growth. The estimated trap concentration in the initial layer wasNT≈ 1019cm-3, while it decreased down to less than 2×1018cm-3in the top layer. The injection dependence of the diffusion coefficient at room temperature confirmed the gradual decrease ofNTin the layers corresponding to later stages of growth. Accordingly, the bipolar diffusion coefficient in the middle and the top layer wasDa≈ 2 cm2/s, whileDa= 0.9 cm2/s was measured in the layer closest to the seed.


2015 ◽  
Vol 821-823 ◽  
pp. 249-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gediminas Liaugaudas ◽  
Donatas Dargis ◽  
Pawel Kwasnicki ◽  
Hervé Peyre ◽  
Roxana Arvinte ◽  
...  

A series of aluminium doped (from 2×1016to 8×1019cm-3) 4H-SiC epitaxial layers were mainly studied by Low Temperature Photoluminescence and time-resolved optical pump-probe techniques to determine the concentration of aluminium, its activation ratio, the doping related carrier lifetime, hole mobility and excess carrier diffusion length.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (25n26) ◽  
pp. 1542031
Author(s):  
K. Watanabe ◽  
S. Tsuchiya ◽  
Y. Toda ◽  
T. Kurosawa ◽  
M. Oda ◽  
...  

The dynamics of quasi-particle (QP) excitations with different symmetry is investigated in the superconducting (SC) and pseudogap (PG) states of the high-temperature superconductor [Formula: see text] (Bi2212) using a polarization-sensitive optical pump-probe measurement. The observation of distinct anisotropies for SC excitations and for PG excitations by the probe beam polarization and absence of any dependence on the pump beam polarization evidence the existence of a spontaneous spatial symmetry breaking in the PG state.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (a1) ◽  
pp. C1750-C1750
Author(s):  
Pascal Parois ◽  
Richard Cooper

Approaches to determining the influence of individual measurements on the precision of crystallographic least squares parameters have been known for a long while.[1] Situations in which the precision of a single parameter (or linear combination of parameters) is critical can include: determination of novel bond lengths; refinement of site occupancies in mixed metal or mixed oxidation state systems; determination of the fraction of excited state molecules in a time-resolved pump-probe experiment. Such calculations are easily applicable to point-detector instruments, where individual influential reflections could be remeasured one-by-one. However, on a modern area detector instrument many reflections are measured on one frame and therefore some consideration of the appropriate strategy of reciprocal space scans is permitted to allow a more efficient use of the instrument. The highly influential partial data collection is then feed into an appropriate refinement model. Occupancies in mixed-metal or mixed-oxidation state systems and fractions and positions of excited state molecules during a time-resolved pump-probe experiment can be determined using direct refinement of the perturbation of the structure from the ground state. Re-factoring to modern Fortran of the Crystals software is in progress to allow the implementation of new algorithms such as a difference refinement.[2] We present an analysis of diffractometer strategy selection to prioritize scans which give the best improvement in specific least-squares parameters and a novel algorithm for the refinement of the partial data using crystals.


2011 ◽  
Vol 1338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Simpson ◽  
Paul J. Fons ◽  
Alexander V. Kolobov ◽  
Xiomin Wang ◽  
Junji Tominaga

ABSTRACTThe origin of sub-diffraction-limit apertures in Sb-based thin films is discussed. Electromagnetic energy can be channeled by these apertures thus allowing near-field focussing- the Super-RENS effect. The aperture formation within Sb, Sb2Te3, Sb2Te, SbTe and Ge2Sb2Te5 is investigated by time resolved optical pump-probe techniques and found to occur without melting. Density functional calculations have shown that these materials exhibit a thresholdlike change in their optical properties below their melting temperatures. The threshold is shown to be a consequence of thermally induced misalignment of p-orbital bonds. It is the non-linearity of this process that leads to the formation of the sub-diffraction-limit apertures.


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