Effects of spin imbalance on the electric-field-driven quantum dissipationless spin current in p-doped semiconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Hu, Liangbin ^a,b   Gao, Ju ^a   Shen, Shun Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROSCOPY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 13944261889     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.235323     Document Type: Article

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