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Spin-flip light scattering is a process in which an electron in a crystal (generally a semiconductor) scatters light with change of its spin direction. Usually such experiments are performed in a static magnetic field. The scattered frequency is then shifted from the incident frequency by the electron spin resonance frequency. The latter varies linearly with applied field—hence, spin-flip scattering is a magnetically tunable Raman process. This feature of spin-flip scattering was paramount in the minds of early workers in the field, and provided much of the impetus for subsequent research. An elegant device—the spin-flip laser— resulted from this work.
Work sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under AFOSR Contract/Grant No. AFOSR-71-2010.
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Wolff, P.A., Ramos, J.G., Yuen, S. (1976). Theory of Spin-Flip Line Shape in Cds. In: Bendow, B., Birman, J.L., Agranovich, V.M. (eds) Theory of Light Scattering in Condensed Matter. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4301-1_41
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