Spin polarization in quantum wires: Influence of Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction and cross-section effects

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Villegas Lelovsky, L ^a,b   Trallero Giner, C ^c   Rebello Sousa Dias, M ^b   Lopez Richard, V ^b   Marques, G E ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

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EID: 65649152671     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.155306     Document Type: Article

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