Modulated Rashba interaction in a quantum wire: Spin and charge dynamics

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Malard, Mariana ^a   Grusha, Inna ^b,c   Japaridze, G I ^b,c   Johannesson, Henrik ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b ANDRONIKASHVILI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

^c ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 80052420086     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.075466     Document Type: Article

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