Published September 21, 2015 | Version v1
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Exciton spin dynamics in GaSe

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 (United States)

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We analyze exciton spin dynamics in GaSe under nonresonant circularly polarized optical pumping with an exciton spin-flip rate-equation model. The model reproduces polarized time-dependent photoluminescence measurements in which the initial circular polarization approaches unity even when pumping with 0.15 eV excess energy. At T = 10 K, the exciton spin relaxation exhibits a biexponential decay with sub-20 ps and >500 ps time constants, which are also reproduced by the rate-equation model assuming distinct spin-relaxation rates for hot (nonequilibrium) and cold band-edge excitons

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Journal Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Journal Volume
118
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 113103-113103.8
ISSN
0021-8979
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