Bias-controllable intrinsic spin polarization in a quantum dot: Proposed scheme based on spin-orbit interaction

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Sun, Qing Feng ^a   Xie, X C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33744727233     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.235301     Document Type: Article

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