Hanle effect near boundaries: Diffusion-induced lineshape inhomogeneity

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Engel, Hans Andreas ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41449090210     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.125302     Document Type: Article

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