Hole spin relaxation in intrinsic and p -type bulk GaAs

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Shen, K ^a   Wu, M W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 77957697879     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.115205     Document Type: Article

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