Generation of spin polarization in two-terminal electron waveguides by spin-orbit interaction and magnetic field modulations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Zhai, Feng ^a   Xu, H Q ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 33644933689     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.085314     Document Type: Article

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