Spin-orbit fields in asymmetric (001)-oriented GaAs/AlxGa 1-xAs quantum wells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Eldridge, P S ^a   Hubner J ^a   Oertel, S ^a   Harley, R T ^b   Henini, M ^c   Oestreich, M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79551624068     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.041301     Document Type: Article

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