Equilibrium edge spin currents in two-dimensional electron systems with spin-orbit interaction

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Sablikov, Vladimir A ^a   Sukhanov, Aleksei A ^a   Tkach, Yurii Ya ^a  

^a INST OF RADIO ENG AND ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 54449096482     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.153302     Document Type: Article

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