Electron spin relaxation under drift in GaAs

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 3686-3688

  Barry, E A ^a   Kiselev, A A ^a   Kim, K W ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HAMILTONIANS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLARIZATION; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

ELECTRON SPIN POLARIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

EID: 0038306908     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1578180     Document Type: Article

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