Multivalley spin relaxation in n-type bulk GaAs in the presence of high electric fields

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Tong, H ^a   Wu, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84857693462     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.075203     Document Type: Article

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