Optically induced instability of spin precession in magnetic quantum wells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Teppe, F ^a   Vladimirova, M ^a   Scalbert, D ^a   Wojtowicz, T ^b   Kossut, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; MANGANESE; TELLURIUM;

ARTICLE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; OPTICS; PHASE SEPARATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0037437958     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.033304     Document Type: Article

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