Effects of inversion asymmetry on electron-nuclear spin coupling in semiconductor heterostructures: Possible role of spin-orbit interactions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 14, 2005, Pages

  Hashimoto, Katsushi ^a,b,d   Muraki, Koji ^a   Kumada, Norio ^a   Saku, Tadashi ^c   Hirayama, Yoshiro ^a,b  

^a NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NTT Advanced Technology Corporation   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON-NUCLEAR SPIN COUPLING; SPIN POLARIZATION; SPIN RELAXATION RATES; SPIN-ORBIT INTERACTIONS;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POLARIZATION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

INVERSE KINEMATICS;

EID: 18144415484     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.146601     Document Type: Article

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