Experimental observation of the spin-hall effect in a two-dimensional spin-orbit coupled semiconductor system

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Wunderlich, J ^a   Kaestner, B ^a,b   Sinova, J ^c   Jungwirth, T ^d,e  

^a HITACHI CAMBRIDGE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTA; CONDUCTION BAND WELL; COUPLED SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS; SPIN-HALL EFFECTS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HALL EFFECT; HOLE MOBILITY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 18144420070     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.047204     Document Type: Article

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