The quantum spin hall effect

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Buhmann, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTERPROPAGATING; EDGE CHANNELS; EDGE STATE; EXPERIMENTAL REQUIREMENTS; NONLOCAL; QUANTIZED CONDUCTANCE; QUANTUM SPIN HALL EFFECT; QUANTUM WELL STRUCTURES; SPIN CURRENTS; SPIN INJECTION; TIME REVERSAL SYMMETRIES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS;

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; HALL EFFECT; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

GYRATORS;

EID: 79958802494     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3577612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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