Spin current depolarization under high electric fields in undoped InGaAs

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Okamoto, N ^a,b   Kurebayashi, H ^b   Harii, K ^a   Kajiwara, Y ^a   Beere, H ^b   Farrer, I ^b   Trypiniotis, T ^b   Ando, K ^a   Ritchie, D A ^b   Barnes, C H W ^b   Saitoh, E ^a,c,d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGER PROCESS; CARRIER NUMBERS; CARRIER SPIN POLARIZATION; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; OPTICAL SPIN ORIENTATION; RATE EQUATIONS; SPIN CURRENTS; SPIN DENSITIES; SPIN HALL EFFECT; TRANSPORT ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GALLIUM; HALL EFFECT; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

DEPOLARIZATION;

EID: 79960580080     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3599599     Document Type: Article

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