A search for spin-polarized photoemission from GaAs using light with orbital angular momentum

doi:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.035204

Title: A search for spin-polarized photoemission from GaAs using light with orbital angular momentum

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Laser light with photon energy near the bandgap of GaAs and with different amounts of orbital angular momentum was used to produce photoemission from unstrained GaAs. The degree of electron spin polarization was measured using a micro-Mott polarimeter and found to be consistent with zero with an upper limit of ~3% for light with up to ±5{bar h} of orbital angular momentum. In contrast, the degree of spin polarization was 32.32 ± 1.35% using circularly-polarized laser light at the same wavelength, which is typical of bulk GaAs.

Authors:: Nathan Clayburn, James McCarter, Joan Dreiling, Bernard Poelker, Dominic Ryan, Timothy Gay

Publication Date:: 2013-01-01

Research Org.:: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1062034

Report Number(s):: JLAB-ACC-12-1620; DOE/OR/23177-2477

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-06OR23177

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 87; Journal Issue: 3

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

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                    Nathan Clayburn, James McCarter, Joan Dreiling, Bernard Poelker, Dominic Ryan, Timothy Gay. A search for spin-polarized photoemission from GaAs using light with orbital angular momentum.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
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                    Nathan Clayburn, James McCarter, Joan Dreiling, Bernard Poelker, Dominic Ryan, Timothy Gay. A search for spin-polarized photoemission from GaAs using light with orbital angular momentum.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.035204

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                    Nathan Clayburn, James McCarter, Joan Dreiling, Bernard Poelker, Dominic Ryan, Timothy Gay. Tue .  
        "A search for spin-polarized photoemission from GaAs using light with orbital angular momentum".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.035204.

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@article{osti_1062034,

  title        = {A search for spin-polarized photoemission from GaAs using light with orbital angular momentum},

  author       = {Nathan Clayburn, James McCarter, Joan Dreiling, Bernard Poelker, Dominic Ryan, Timothy Gay},

  abstractNote = {Laser light with photon energy near the bandgap of GaAs and with different amounts of orbital angular momentum was used to produce photoemission from unstrained GaAs. The degree of electron spin polarization was measured using a micro-Mott polarimeter and found to be consistent with zero with an upper limit of ~3% for light with up to ±5{bar h} of orbital angular momentum. In contrast, the degree of spin polarization was 32.32 ± 1.35% using circularly-polarized laser light at the same wavelength, which is typical of bulk GaAs.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevB.87.035204},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1062034},
  journal      = {PHYSICAL REVIEW B},
number       = 3,

  volume       = 87,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2013},

  month        = {1}

}

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