Spin-dependent photocurrent induced by Rashba-type spin splitting in Al0.25 Ga0.75 N/GaN heterostructures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Cho, K S ^a   Liang, C T ^a   Chen, Y F ^a   Tang, Y Q ^b   Shen, B ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 33847416548     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.085327     Document Type: Article

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