Deduction of pure spin current from the linear and circular spin photogalvanic effect in semiconductor quantum wells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Zhou, Bin ^a,b   Shen, Shun Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 33846469479     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.045339     Document Type: Article

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