Investigation of spin stiffness in spin-depolarized states of two-dimensional electron systems with time-resolved Kerr rotation

Sci Rep. 2020 Feb 10;10(1):2270. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-58658-4.

Abstract

An experimental technique based on time-resolved Kerr rotation allows a comparison of the spin stiffnesses of different spin-polarized and depolarized states in a two-dimensional electron system. With this technique, a new spin-correlated phase that has no known analogues was discovered. The new spin-depolarized phase is characterized by high spin stiffness equal to that of a spin-polarized quantum Hall ferromagnet.