Spin separation and spin Hall effect in quantum wires due to lateral-confinement-induced spin-orbit-coupling

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Hattori, Kiminori ^a   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33750476964     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.155321     Document Type: Article

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