Room-temperature electric-field controlled spin dynamics in (110) InAs quantum wells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Hall, K C ^a   Gundogdu K ^b   Hicks, J L ^b   Kocbay, A N ^b   Flatt M E ^b   Boggess, T F ^b   Holabird, K ^c   Hunter, A ^c   Chow, D H ^c   Zinck, J J ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC CONTACTS; SINGLE QUANTUM WELLS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPINTRONICS;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON EMISSION; HEAT CONDUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 20844435304     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1929082     Document Type: Article

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