Spin relaxation in a Rashba semiconductor in an electric field

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Bleibaum, O ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; MAGNETISM; SEMICONDUCTOR; THEORY;

EID: 42749108220     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.205202     Document Type: Article

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