Non-Abelian gauge field theory of the spin-orbit interaction and a perfect spin filter

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Hatano, Naomichi ^a   Shirasaki, Ryoen ^b   Nakamura, Hiroaki ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; WAVE FILTERS; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

ELECTRON WAVE FUNCTIONS; NON ABELIAN GAUGE FIELD THEORY; SPIN DEPENDENT PHASE; SPIN FILTERS;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 33947232859     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.032107     Document Type: Article

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