Effects of strain and quantum confinement in optically pumped nuclear magnetic resonance in GaAs: Interpretation guided by spin-dependent band structure calculations

Wood, R. M.; Saha, D.; McCarthy, L. A.; Tokarski, III, J. T.; Sanders, G. D.; Kuhns, P. L.; McGill, S. A.; Reyes, A. P.; Reno, J. L.; Stanton, C. J.; Bowers, C. R.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.90.155317

Title: Effects of strain and quantum confinement in optically pumped nuclear magnetic resonance in GaAs: Interpretation guided by spin-dependent band structure calculations

Journal Article · Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.155317· OSTI ID:1226082

Wood, R. M. ^[1]; Saha, D. ^[1]; McCarthy, L. A. ^[1]; Tokarski, III, J. T. ^[1]; Sanders, G. D. ^[1]; Kuhns, P. L. ^[2]; McGill, S. A. ^[2]; Reyes, A. P. ^[2]; Reno, J. L. ^[3]; Stanton, C. J. ^[1]; Bowers, C. R. ^[1]

Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
National High Magnetic Field Lab., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

A combined experimental-theoretical study of optically pumped NMR (OPNMR) has been performed in a GaAs/Al_0.1Ga_0.9As quantum well film with thermally induced biaxial strain. The photon energy dependence of the Ga-71 OPNMR signal was recorded at magnetic fields of 4.9 and 9.4 T at a temperature of 4.8-5.4 K. The data were compared to the nuclear spin polarization calculated from differential absorption to spin-up and spin-down states of the conduction band using a modified Pidgeon Brown model. Reasonable agreement between theory and experiment is obtained, facilitating assignment of features in the OPNMR energy dependence to specific interband transitions. Despite the approximations made in the quantum-mechanical model and the inexact correspondence between the experimental and calculated observables, the results provide insight into how effects of strain and quantum confinement are manifested in OPNMR signals

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; AC04–94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1226082

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1181332

Report Number(s):: SAND-2014-17522J; PRBMDO; 537386

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 90, Issue 15; ISSN 1098-0121

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