Enhanced photon-assisted spin transport in a quantum dot attached to ferromagnetic leads

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Souza, Fabrício M ^a   Carrara, Thiago L ^a   Vernek, E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

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EID: 80053591777     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.115322     Document Type: Article

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