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Optical Spectroscopy of the Hole Spin in GaMnAs Acceptors

B. Lakshmi, G. Favrot, D. Heiman

cond-mat.mtrl-sciarXiv:cond-mat/0405692

Abstract

The spin state of holes bound to Mn acceptors in GaMnAs is investigated by optical spectroscopy. Concentrations of Mn from 1017 to 1019 cm-3 were studied as a function of magnetic field and temperature. The photoluminescence from recombination of electrons with holes bound in the Mn-acceptor complex (MAC) displays multiple spectral peaks. The circular polarization rho of these peaks increases with increasing magnetic field and saturates at rho ~= 1/3. This value of polarization is expected from modeling the addition of spin angular momentum and interband optical transition matrix elements.

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