Numerical simulation of diffusive conductivity in Rashba split two-dimensional gas

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 120-125

  Itoh, Hiroyoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Kohji ^a   Inoue, Jun Ichiro ^a,b   Bauer, Gerrit E W ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffusive conductivity; Numerical simulation; Rashba spin orbit interaction; Universality class

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

DIFFUSIVE CONDUCTIVITY; RASHBA SPIN-ORBIT INTERACTIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS (2DEG); UNIVERSALITY CLASS;

ELECTRON GAS;

EID: 27744485120     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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