Computational design of a material for high-efficiency spin-polarized electron source

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 3957-3959

  Janotti, A ^a   Wei, Su Huai ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRON BEAMS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILVER COMPOUNDS; STRAIN;

SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRON SOURCES (SPES);

ELECTRON SOURCES;

EID: 0037132190     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1521510     Document Type: Article

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