%0 Journal Article %T Optical and spin coherence of excitons in zinc-blende GaN %+ Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS) %+ Optoélectronique Quantique (LPCNO) %+ Nanophysique et Semiconducteurs (NEEL - NPSC) %A Brimont, Christelle %A Gallart, M. %A Cregut, O. %A Hoenerlage, B. %A Gilliot, P. %A Lagarde, Delphine %A Balocchi, Andrea %A Amand, Thierry %A Marie, Xavier %A Founta, S. %A Mariette, Henri %< avec comité de lecture %Z GES:09-091 %@ 0021-8979 %J Journal of Applied Physics %I American Institute of Physics %V 106 %P 053514 %8 2009 %D 2009 %R 10.1063/1.3197035 %K electron spin polarisation %K time resolved spectra %K wide band gap semiconductors %K electron-hole recombination %K exchange interactions (electron) %K excitons %K gallium compounds %K SEMICONDUCTORS %K III-V semiconductors %K RELAXATION %K photoluminescence %K ELECTRONS %K NITRIDE %K semiconductor epitaxial layers %K reflectivity %Z Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Other [cond-mat.other]Journal articles %X The carrier recombination processes and the relaxation dynamics of spin-polarized excitons in cubic epitaxial GaN have been investigated by time-resolved photoluminescence and pump-probe spectroscopy experiments. We evidence a very fast exciton spin relaxation tau(S)similar to 0.3 ps that is influenced by both the high defect concentration and the strong electron-hole exchange interaction. Spectral oscillatory features of the transient reflectivity are observed for negative delays that allow us to determine the exciton optical dephasing time T-2. %G English %L hal-00545165 %U https://hal.science/hal-00545165 %~ UNIV-TLSE3 %~ UGA %~ CNRS %~ UNIV-GRENOBLE1 %~ INSA-TOULOUSE %~ INPG %~ NEEL %~ UNIV-STRASBG %~ NEEL-NPSC %~ LPCNO %~ SITE-ALSACE %~ INSA-GROUPE %~ TOULOUSE-INP %~ UNIV-UT3 %~ UT3-INP %~ UT3-TOULOUSEINP %~ TEST2-HALCNRS %~ ICT-CHIMIE