Spin filter effects in mesoscopic ring structures

Nanotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 347-351

  Popp, Markus ^a   Frustaglia, Diego ^b   Richter, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

AHARONOV-BOHM PHYSICS; MESOSCOPIC RING STRUCTURES; SPIN DENPENDENT CONDUCTANCE; SPIN FILTER EFFECTS; SPIN POLARIZED CURRENTS; ZEEMAN SPLITTING;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0037292817     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/14/2/347     Document Type: Article

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