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1 - - - -GaAs/AlGaAs -- -GaAs Elliptically Polarized Pump-Probe Spectroscopy and Its Application to Studies of Electronic Spin Relaxation LAI Tianshu, LIU Luning, SHOU Qian, LEI Liang, DENG Li, XU Geng, LI Xiying, LIN Weizhu State-key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Department of Physics Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275 Abstract: An elliptically-polarized pump-probe spectroscopy is developed. Based on the rate equations of two-level system, the solutions of spin-up and spin-down carrier populations are obtained under the condition of incompletely initial spin polarization photoinduced by elliptically polarized pump light. The expressions of transmitted intensity change of right-hand and left-hand elliptically-polarized probe beam are given based on the approximation of small signal. In comparison with present circularly-polarized pump-probe spectroscopy, the developed spectroscopy is implemented easily in experiments and doesn’t need the waveplates with high accuracy of phase retardation. The spin- polarized relaxation of electrons in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells is studied by using the developed spectroscopy. The results are in agreement with those obtained by circularly-polarized pump-probe spectroscopy. It is shown that the developed spectroscopy is feasible and reliable. Keywords: Pump-probe spectroscopy, elliptic polarization, spin relaxation of