Abstract
Circularly polarized optical excitation of a semiconductor microcavity in a transverse magnetic field leads to pulsed laser emission with alternating circular polarization synchronized to the electron Larmor precession. The synchronization originates from the transfer of electron-spin coherence to the dynamics of the optical field. A microscopic theory is developed to analyze the coupled carrier–light-field dynamics.
- Received 17 July 1997
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.56.R7076
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