Spin relaxation due to the Bir-Aronov-Pikus mechanism in intrinsic and p -type GaAs quantum wells from a fully microscopic approach

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Zhou, J ^c   Wu, M W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c NONE

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EID: 40949105920     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.075318     Document Type: Article

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