Nature of electron states and symmetry breaking in quantum point contacts according to the local spin density approximation

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Berggren, Karl Fredrik ^a   Yakimenko, Irina I ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETISM; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

LOCAL SPIN DENSITY APPROXIMATION (LSDA); QUANTUM POINT CONTACTS (QPC);

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

EID: 42549161470     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/16/164203     Document Type: Article

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