Parallel magnetic-field tuning of valley splitting in AlAs two-dimensional electrons

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Gokmen, T ^a   Padmanabhan, Medini ^a   Gunawan, O ^a   Shkolnikov, Y P ^a   Vakili, K ^a   De Poortere, E P ^a   Shayegan, M ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

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EID: 58149168717     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.233306     Document Type: Article

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