Threshold current reduction in spin-polarized lasers: Role of strain and valence-band mixing

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Holub, Michael ^a   Jonker, Berend T ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 79961043502     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.125309     Document Type: Article

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