Bipolar spin filter in a quantum dot molecule

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Mireles, F ^a   Ulloa, S E ^b   Rojas, F ^a   Cota, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR SPIN FILTER; INTERDOT TUNNELING; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONMAGNETIC CURRENT; TUNABLE HYBRIDIZATION; ZEEMAN;

BIPOLAR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; COULOMB BLOCKADE; GROUND STATE; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLARIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33644691425     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2175487     Document Type: Article

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