Interaction-driven spin precession in quantum-dot spin valves

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  König, Jürgen ^a   Martinek, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TORQUE;

LINEAR CONDUCTANCE; QUANTUM DOT SPIN VALVES; SPIN VALVES;

MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0037526654     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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