Electric-field dependent spin diffusion and spin injection into semiconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 2012021-2012024

  Yu, Z G ^a   Flatte M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; METAL;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR; STATISTICS;

EID: 0037113467     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.201202     Document Type: Article

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