Electric-dipole-induced spin resonance in disordered semiconductors

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-199

  Duckheim, Mathias ^a   Loss, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON GAS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; RESONANCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS;

DISORDERED SEMICONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; OUT-OF-PLANE COMPONENTS; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; SPIN HALL CURRENTS; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 33645774860     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys238     Document Type: Article

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