Wilhelm Prettl

Cyclotron resonance photoconductivity of a two-dimensional electron gas in HgTe quantum wells (2007)

Kvon, Ze-Don, Danilov, Sergey N., Mikhailov, Nikolay N., Dvoretsky, Sergey A., Prettl, Wilhelm, Ganichev, Sergey D.

Far-infrared cyclotron resonance photoconductivity (CRP) is investigated in HgTe quantum wells (QWs) of various widths grown on (013) oriented GaAs substrates. It is shown that CRP is caused by the...

Demonstration Of Rashba Spin Splitting In GaN-based Heterostructures (2007)

Weber, Wolfgang, Ganichev, Sergey, Seidl, Simon, Belkov, Vassilij, Golub, Leonid, Prettl, Wilhelm, ...

The circular photogalvanic effect (CPGE), induced by infrared radiation, has been observed in (0001)-oriented GaN low dimensional structures. The photocurrent changes sign upon reversing the...

Scattering Induced Spin Separation at Zero Bias (2007)

Ganichev, Sergey, Belkov, Vassilij, Tarasenko, Sergey, Danilov, Sergey, Giglberger, Stephan, Hoffmann, Christoph, ...

We show that in gyrotropic semiconductor structures spin-dependent asymmetry of electron scattering induces a spin separation which, in contrast to the spin Hall effect, does not require an electric...

Spin photocurrents and circular photon drag effect in (110)-grown quantum well structures (2007)

Shalygin, Vadim, Diehl, Helgi, Hoffmann, Christoph, Danilov, Sergey, Herrle, Thomas, Tarasenko, Sergey, ...

The study of spin photocurrents in (110)-grown quantum well structures is reported. The investigated effects comprise the circular photogalvanic effect and so far not observed circular photon drag...

Rashba and Dresselhaus Spin-Splittings in Semiconductor Quantum Wells measured by Spin Photocurrents (2007)

Giglberger, Stephan, Golub, Leonid, Belkov, Vassilij, Danilov, Sergey, Schuh, Dieter, Gerl, Christian, ...

The spin-galvanic effect and the circular photogalvanic effect induced by terahertz radiation are applied to determine the relative strengths of Rashba and Dresselhaus band spin-splitting in (001)-...

Picosecond Polarisation Detector for Infrared and Terahertz Radiation (2007)

Ganichev, Sergey, Danilov, Sergey, Weber, Wolfgang, Schuh, Dieter, Gerl, Christian, Wegscheider, Werner, ...

We report on a room temperature detector of infrared/terahertz laser radiation allowing to measure and characterized the radiation polarization state with picosecond time resolution.

Magneto-gyrotropic photogalvanic effect due to inter-subband absorption in (001)-grown GaAs quantum wells (2007)

Diehl, Helgi, Shalygin, V., Danilov, Sergey, Tarasenko, S., Bel'kov, V., Schuh, Dieter, ...

We report on the observation of the magneto-photogalvanic effect (MPGE) due to inter-subband transitions in (001)-oriented GaAs quantum wells. This effect is related to the gyrotropic properties of...

Pure spin currents induced by spin-dependent scattering processes in SiGe quantum well structures (2007)

Ganichev, Sergey, Danilov, Sergey, Bel'kov, V., Giglberger, Stephan, Tarasenko, S., Ivchenko, E., ...

We show that spin-dependent electron-phonon interaction in the energy relaxation of a two-dimensional electron gas results in equal and oppositely directed currents in the spin-up and spin-down...

Subnanosecond Ellipticity Detector for Laser Radiation (2007)

Ganichev, Sergey, Kiermaier, Josef, Weber, Wolfgang, Danilov, Sergey, Schuh, Dieter, Gerl, Christian, ...

A room temperature detector of terahertz laser radiation ellipticity has been developed based on the simultaneous measurements of three different photoelectric phenomena: circular photogalvanic...

Photogalvanic efects in HgTe quantum wells (2007)

Wittmann, Bernhard, Danilov, Sergey, Kvon, Z., Mikhailov, N., Dvoretsky, S., Ravash, Roghaiyeh, ...

We report on the observation of the terahertz radiation induced circular (CPGE) and linear (LPGE) photogalvanic effects in HgTe quantum wells. The current response is well described by the...

Zero-bias spin separation (2006)

Ganichev, Sergey, Belkov, Vassilij, Tarasenko, Sergey, Danilov, Sergey, Giglberger, Stephan, Hoffmann, Christoph, ...

The generation, manipulation and detection of spin-polarized electrons in low-dimensional semiconductors are at the heart of spintronics. Pure spin currents, that is, fluxes of magnetization without...

Zero-bias spin separation (2006)

Ganichev, Sergey D., Bel'kov, Vasily V., Tarasenko, Sergey A., Danilov, Sergey N., Giglberger, Stephan, Hoffmann, Christoph, ...

Spin-orbit coupling provides a versatile tool to generate and to manipulate the spin degree of freedom in low-dimensional semiconductor structures. The spin Hall effect, where an electrical current...

Electric current-induced spin orientation in quantum well structures (2006)

Ganichev, Sergey, Danilov, Sergey, Schneider, Petra, Belkov, Vassilij, Golub, Leonid, Wegscheider, Werner, ...

A longstanding theoretical prediction is the orientation of spins by an electrical current flowing through low-dimensional carrier systems of sufficiently low crystallographic symmetry. Here we show...

Demonstration of Rashba spin splitting in GaN-based heterostructures (2005)

Weber, Wolfgang, Ganichev, Sergey, Kvon, Z. D., Belkov, Vassilij, Golub, Leonid, Danilov, Sergey, ...

The circular photogalvanic effect, induced by infrared radiation, has been observed in (0001)-oriented n-GaN low dimensional structures. The photocurrent changes sign upon reversing the radiation...

Terahertz radiation induced spin photocurrents in non-magnetic low dimensional structures (2005)

Ganichev, Sergey, Prettl, Wilhelm

Spin photocurrents generated by homogeneous excitation with terahertz radiation in low dimensional structures are reviewed. Three microscopic mechanisms are responsible for the occurrence of an...

Experimental separation of Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-splittings in semiconductor quantum wells (2005)

Ganichev, Sergey, Schneider, Petra, Giglberger, Stephan, Wegscheider, Werner, Weiss, Dieter, Prettl, Wilhelm, ...

The Rashba effect, whose experimental access is usually masked by the Dresselhaus effect, allows manipulation of spins in semiconductor spintronics. Based on the far-infrared radiation induced...

Magneto-Gyrotropic Photogalvanic Effects in Semiconductor Quantum Wells (2005)

Belkov, Vassilij, Ganichev, Sergey, Ivchenko, Eougenious, Tarasenko, Sergey, Weber, Wolfgang, Giglberger, Stephan, ...

We show that free-carrier (Drude) absorption of both polarized and unpolarized terahertz radiation in quantum well (QW) structures causes an electric photocurrent in the presence of an in-plane...

Photoluminescence rings in a Corbino disk at quantizing magnetic fields (2004)

Novák, V., Swoboda, P., Cukr, M., Prettl, Wilhelm

Spatially resolved photoluminescence of modulation doped AlGaAs/GaAs heterojunction was investigated in a sample of Corbino disk geometry subject to strong perpendicular magnetic fields. Significant...

Can an electric current orient spins in quantum wells? (2004)

Ganichev, Sergey, Danilov, Sergey, Schneider, Petra, Belkov, Vassilij, Golub, Leonid, Wegscheider, Werner, ...

A longstanding theoretical prediction is the orientation of spins by an electrical current flowing through low-dimensional carrier systems of sufficiently low crystallographic symmetry. Here we show...

Magneto-Gyrotropic Photogalvanic Effect in Semiconductor Quantum Wells (2004)

Belkov, Vassilij, Ganichev, Sergey, Schneider, Petra, Giglberger, Stephan, Ivchenko, Eougenious, Tarasenko, Sergey, ...

A new type of infrared induced photocurrents is reported occurring in gyrotropic quantum wells in the presence of a magnetic field. The effect is caused by spin-orbit interaction and may be observed...

Experimental Separation of Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-splittings in Semiconductor Quantum Wells (2004)

Ganichev, Sergey, Belkov, Vassilij, Golub, Leonid, Ivchenko, Eougenious, Schneider, Petra, Giglberger, Stephan, ...

The relative strengths of Rashba and Dresselhaus terms describing the spin-orbit coupling in semiconductor quantum well (QW) structures are extracted from photocurrent measurements on n-type InAs QWs...

Hole Spin-Relaxation in Quantum Wells from Saturation of Inter-Subband Absorption (2004)

Kainz, Josef, Schneider, Petra, Ganichev, Sergey, Rössler, Ulrich, Wegscheider, Werner, Weiss, Dieter, ...

Spin-sensitive saturation of absorption of infrared radiation has been investigated in p-type GaAs QWs. It is shown that the absorption saturation of circularly polarized radiation is mostly...