Rashba effect resonant tunneling spin filters

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 741-751

  Ting, David Z Y ^a,b,g   Cartoixà, Xavier ^c,d   Chow, David H ^e,h   Moon, Jeong S ^e,g   Smith, Darryl L ^f,g   Mcgill, Thomas C ^c,i,j,k   Schulman, Joel N ^e,l  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^e Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^h Microelectronics Laboratory

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j Defense Science Research Council

^k Microelectronics Laboratory ^*

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Interband tunneling; Rashba effect; Resonant tunneling; Spin filter

Indexed keywords

DIODES; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

INTERBAND TUNNELING; RASHBA EFFECT; SPIN FILTER;

RESONANCE;

EID: 4043051196     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2003.811801     Document Type: Article

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