Transport through a band insulator with Rashba spin-orbit coupling: Metal-insulator transition and spin-filtering effects

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Jonckheere, T ^a   Japaridze, G I ^b,c   Martin, T ^a,d   Hayn, R ^e  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^b ANDRONIKASHVILI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

^c ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 77955410558     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.165443     Document Type: Article

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