Quantum transport theory for nanostructures with Rashba spin-orbital interaction

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 16, 2005, Pages

  Sun, Qing Feng ^a,b   Wang, Jian ^a   Guo, Hong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 28644452448     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.165310     Document Type: Article

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