Spin-orbit interaction in symmetric wells with two subbands

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Bernardes, Esmerindo ^a   Schliemann, John ^b,c   Lee, Minchul ^c   Egues, J Carlos ^a,c,d   Loss, Daniel ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; FERMI LEVEL; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CYCLOIDAL TRAJECTORIES; SPIN-ORBIT INTERACTION;

ELECTRON GAS;

EID: 34548076599     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.076603     Document Type: Article

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