A femtosecond-resolved low-temperature near-field scanning optical microscope (NSOM) is used to monitor the spatiotemporal evolution of excitonic spins in magnetic semiconductor quantum structures which are laterally patterned with a focused beam of Ga/sup +/ ions. Polarization-resolved photoluminescence (PL) images reveal a spin-dependent energy landscape in which the Zeeman splitting is diminished in implanted regions, and carrier and spin behavior directly distinguished by sharp differences in intensity and polarization profiles. Time-resolved measurements suggest that exciton diffusion acquires a spin-dependent component in the presence of a magnetic field. The data demonstrates fundamental limitations on the measurement of polarized PL from semiconductors in the near-field regime, and exhibits distinct differences between near-field detection and near-field excitation of emitted PL. The heterostructures consist of single 120 /spl Aring/ ZnSe/ZnCdSe MBE-grown semiconductor quantum wells (QW) containing a systematic distribution of magnetic ions (Mn/sup 2+/). In magnetic fields, traditional magneto-optical data show narrow PL linewidths and large Zeeman splittings, making them ideal systems in which to study local spin-dependent interactions.


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    Title :

    Spatiotemporal near-field spin microscopy in digital magnetic heterostructures


    Contributors:
    Nikitin, V. (author) / Crowell, P.A. (author) / Samarth, N. (author) / Awschalom, D.D. (author)


    Publication date :

    1996-01-01


    Size :

    234483 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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