Ultrafast control of hole spin by electric field in semiconductors

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 155-158

  Dargys, Adolfas ^a  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Semiconductors; Spintronics; Ultrafast phenomena

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHARGE CARRIERS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HAMILTONIANS; LASER PULSES; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SWITCHING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

HOLE SPINS; INTERBAND TRANSITIONS; OPTICAL EXCITATION; SPINTRONICS;

HOLE MOBILITY;

EID: 2442422052     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.824078     Document Type: Article

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