Conversion of spin into directed electric current in quantum wells

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 4358-4361

  Ganichev, S D ^a,b   Ivchenko, E L ^b   Danilov, S N ^a   Eroms, J ^a   Wegscheider, W ^a,c   Weiss, D ^a   Prettl, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; HAMILTONIANS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PHOTOCURRENTS; QUANTUM THEORY;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0035820795     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4358     Document Type: Article

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