Possible Evidence of a Spontaneous Spin Polarization in Mesoscopic Two-Dimensional Electron Systems

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Ghosh, A ^a   Ford, C J B ^a   Pepper, M ^a   Beere, H E ^a   Ritchie, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; EXTRAPOLATION; FERMI LEVEL; GROUND STATE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

ELECTRON SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR CONDUCTION; QUANTUM POINT CONTACTS (QPC); SPIN POLARIZATION;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 2342576858     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.116601     Document Type: Article

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