Pure spin current from one-photon absorption of linearly polarized light in noncentrosymmetric semiconductors

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Bhat, R D R ^a   Nastos, F ^a   Najmaie, Ali ^a   Sipe, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN; OPTICAL BEAMS; PHOTON ABSORPTION; SPIN CURRENT;

ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT CONDUCTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 18144364337     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.096603     Document Type: Article

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