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most citedSpatial imaging of the spin Hall effect and current-induced polarization in two-dimensional electron gases

460 citations · 1.3k across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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cond-mat.mes-hall2006★ 13 cited

Room temperature electron spin coherence in telecom-wavelength quaternary quantum wells

W. H. Lau, V. Sih, N. P. Stern +4

Time-resolved Kerr rotation spectroscopy is used to monitor the room temperature electron spin dynamics of optical telecommunication wavelength AlInGaAs multiple quantum wells latt…

cond-mat.mes-hall2006★ 138 cited

Generating Spin Currents in Semiconductors with the Spin Hall Effect

V. Sih, W. H. Lau, R. C. Myers +3

We investigate electrically-induced spin currents generated by the spin Hall effect in GaAs structures that distinguish edge effects from spin transport. Using Kerr rotation micros…

cond-mat.mes-hall2005★ 460 cited

Spatial imaging of the spin Hall effect and current-induced polarization in two-dimensional electron gases

V. Sih, R. C. Myers, Y. K. Kato +3

Spin-orbit coupling in semiconductors relates the spin of an electron to its momentum and provides a pathway for electrically initializing and manipulating electron spins for appli…

cond-mat.mes-hall2005★ 19 cited

Electric field dependence of spin coherence in (001) GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells

Wayne H. Lau, Michael E. Flatté

Conduction electron spin lifetimes () and spin coherence times () are strongly modified in semiconductor quantum wells by electric fields. Quantitative calculations in Ga…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2005★ 115 cited

Room temperature spin coherence in ZnO

S. Ghosh, V. Sih, W. H. Lau +5

Time-resolved optical techniques are used to explore electron spin dynamics in bulk and epilayer samples of n-type ZnO as a function of temperature and magnetic field. The bulk sam…

cond-mat.mes-hall2004★ 25 cited

Control of Electron Spin Coherence Using Landau Level Quantization in a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas

V. Sih, W. H. Lau, R. C. Myers +3

Time-resolved optical measurements of electron spin dynamics in modulation doped InGaAs quantum wells are used to explore electron spin coherence times and spin precession frequenc…