Relaxation rate of manganese ion in the presence of a two-dimensional electron gas

• Published in: Physica status solidi. C Vol. 2; no. 8; pp. 3149 - 3152
• Main Authors: Souto, E., Nunes, O. A. C., Fonseca, A. L. A., Agrello, D. A., da Silva Jr, E. F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin WILEY-VCH Verlag 01.05.2005; WILEY‐VCH Verlag
• Subjects: 75.30.Hx; 75.70.Cn; 75.75.+a

In this work, the spin relaxation of Mn ions in a (Cd,Mn)Te quantum well with quasi‐two‐dimensional carriers (Q2DEG) in an external, small (non‐quantizing), magnetic field is investigated. A calculation of the spin‐flip scattering rate shows that the Mn spin relaxation rate is proportional to the co...