Spin-polarized electric currents in quantum transport through tubular two-dimensional electron gases

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Entin Wohlman, O ^a,b,d   Aharony, A ^a,d   Tokura, Y ^c   Avishai, Y ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 77954882867     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.075439     Document Type: Article

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