The effect of spin splitting on the metallic behavior of a two- dimensional system

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5410, 1999, Pages 2056-2058

  Papadakis, S J ^a   De Poortere, E P ^a   Manoharan, H C ^a,c   Shayegan, M ^a   Winkler, R ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0033605549     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5410.2056     Document Type: Article

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35. We thank J. Yoon and B. Altshuler for useful discussions. This work was funded by NSF and the Army Research Office.