Electrical generation of spin in crystals with reduced symmetry

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Culcer, Dimitrie ^a   Yao, Yugui ^a   MacDonald, A H ^a   Niu, Qian ^a  

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EID: 33749233672     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.045215     Document Type: Article

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