Injection and detection of a spin-polarized current in a light-emitting diode

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6763, 1999, Pages 787-790

  Flederling, R ^a   Kelm, M ^a   Reuscher, G ^a   Ossau, W ^a   Schmidt, G ^a   Waag, A ^a   Molenkamp, L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; MANGANESE; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0033576696     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/45502     Document Type: Article

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