Optically controlled spin polarization in a spin transistor

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Lü, Hai Feng ^a   Guo, Yong ^b   Zu, Xiao Tao ^a   Zhang, Huai Wu ^a  

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

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHTS; CURRENT POLARIZATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; OPTICALLY CONTROLLED; QUANTUM DOTS; SIGN REVERSALS; SPIN TRANSISTORS; SPIN-POLARIZED TRANSPORTS; THREE-TERMINAL DEVICES;

BIAS VOLTAGE; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; LIGHT; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 65449186624     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3111442     Document Type: Article

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