Dynamical band-engineering of spin-polarized edge-states in normal insulators

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Wu, B H ^a   Liu, Qin ^b   Jiang, Xunya ^b   Cao, J C ^b  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC FIELD; AC FIELD INTENSITIES; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; EDGE STATE; NONMAGNETICS; PLATEAU STRUCTURES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; QUASI-ENERGY; SPIN INJECTION; SPIN-POLARIZED; STEP HEIGHT;

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 84861808509     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4717987     Document Type: Review

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