All-electric quantum point contact spin-polarizer

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 759-764

  Debray, P ^a   Rahman, S M S ^a   Wan, J ^b   Newrock, R S ^a   Cahay, M ^b   Ngo, A T ^c   Ulloa, S E ^c   Herbert, S T ^d   Muhammad, M ^a   Johnson, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC WIRE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SPIN POLARIZATION; SPINTRONICS; WIRE;

CURRENT CARRYING WIRE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FERROMAGNETIC CONTACTS; INTRINSIC SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; QUANTUM POINT CONTACT; RASHBA SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING; SPIN POLARIZED CURRENTS;

POINT CONTACTS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOTION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 70449596010     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.240     Document Type: Article

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