Multivalley spin relaxation in the presence of high in-plane electric fields in n-type GaAs quantum wells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, P ^a,b   Zhou, J ^b   Wu, M W ^a,b  

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

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

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EID: 46149083718     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.235323     Document Type: Article

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