Spin-Hall transport of heavy holes in III-V semiconductor quantum wells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Schliemann, John ^a   Loss, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 16444381421     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.085308     Document Type: Article

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