Spin Polarization of Electrons by Nonmagnetic Heterostructures: The Basics of Spin Optics

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Khodas, M ^a   Shekhter, A ^a   Finkel'stein A M ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; FABRICATION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FUNCTIONS; HAMILTONIANS; POLARIZATION; REFRACTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

SPIN POLARIZATION; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 5044234839     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.086602     Document Type: Article

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