Coherent spin manipulation without magnetic fields in strained semiconductors

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6969, 2004, Pages 50-53

  Kato, Y ^a   Myers, R C ^a   Gossard, A C ^a   Awschalom, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; TRANSISTORS;

SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; STRAIN ENGINEERING;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; INDIUM;

SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; FILM; MAGNETIC FIELD; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0347192984     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02202     Document Type: Article

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