First-principle calculations of the Berry curvature of Bloch states for charge and spin transport of electrons

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Gradhand, M ^a,a,b,b   Fedorov, V ^a,c   Pientka, F ^c,c,d,d   Zahn, P ^c,e   Mertig, I ^a,c   Gyorffy L ^b   Fedorov, D V ^a,c   Gyorffy B L ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; ADIABATIC EVOLUTION; BLOCH STATE; CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT; DE HAAS-VAN ALPHEN OSCILLATIONS; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; QUANTUM SYSTEM; RECENT PROGRESS; SPIN HALL CONDUCTIVITY; SPIN TRANSPORT; WAVE-PACKET DYNAMICS;

CALCULATIONS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

FRUITS;

CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM THEORY; REVIEW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84861111622     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/21/213202     Document Type: Review

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