Theory of a magnetically controlled quantum-dot spin transistor

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Urban, Daniel ^a   Braun, Matthias ^a   König, Jürgen ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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EID: 34548722044     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.125306     Document Type: Article

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