Coherent spin transport through dynamic quantum dots

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 585-588

  Stotz, James A H ^a   Hey, Rudolf ^a   Santos, Paulo V ^a   Ploog, Klaus H ^a  

^a PAUL DRUDE INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHONONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TRANSDUCERS;

DYNAMIC QUANTUM DOTS (DQD); ELECTRON SPINS; SPIN TRANSPORT; SPINTRONIC DEVICES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 22144484996     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1430     Document Type: Article

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