Spin polarized photoemission from strained Ge epilayers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Bottegoni, Federico ^a   Isella, Giovanni ^a   Cecchi, Stefano ^a   Ciccacci, Franco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK MATERIALS; CONDUCTION BAND ELECTRONS; EXPERIMENTAL CORRELATION; GE EPILAYER; SPIN-POLARIZED; SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRONS; STRAIN LEVELS; STRAINED-GE; THEORETICAL LIMITS;

ELECTRON MOBILITY; EPILAYERS; GERMANIUM; PHOTOEMISSION; SPIN DYNAMICS;

SPIN POLARIZATION;

EID: 79960605662     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3599493     Document Type: Article

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