Theory of spin-polarized bipolar transport in magnetic p-n junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1653011-16530124

  Fabian, Jaroslav ^a   Žutić, Igor ^b   Das Sarma, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GALLIUM;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; POLARIZATION; ROTATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; THEORY;

EID: 0038511498     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.165301     Document Type: Article

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