Electric currents induced by twisted light in quantum rings

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 20465-20475

  Quinteiro, G F ^a,b   Berakdar, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION; NANORINGS;

BULK SEMICONDUCTORS; INDUCED MAGNETIZATIONS; MATERIAL PARAMETER; OPTICAL CONTROL; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PHOTON DRAG EFFECTS; QUANTUM RING; TWO-BAND MODEL;

ELECTRIC EXCITATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHT; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION SCATTERING; ROTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUANTUM THEORY; ROTATION; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 70749131036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.020465     Document Type: Article

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