Spin polarization of the quantum spin Hall edge states

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 485-490

  Brüne, Christoph ^a   Roth, Andreas ^a   Buhmann, Hartmut ^a   Hankiewicz, Ewelina M ^a   Molenkamp, Laurens W ^a   MacIejko, Joseph ^b,c   Qi, Xiao Liang ^b,c,d   Zhang, Shou Cheng ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; HALL EFFECT DEVICES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; QUANTUM THEORY; SPIN POLARIZATION; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

COUNTERPROPAGATING; ELECTRICAL DETECTION; EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; HELICAL CHARACTER; QUANTUM SPIN HALL EFFECT; QUANTUM SPIN HALLS; SPIN-POLARIZED;

SPIN HALL EFFECT;

EID: 84861714845     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2322     Document Type: Article

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