Importance of the spin-orbit split-off band on the tunneling properties of holes through and heterostructures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 16315-16325

  Ekbote, S ^a   Cahay, M ^a   Roenker, K ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

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EID: 0000551414     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.16315     Document Type: Article

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