Full first-principles theory of spin relaxation in group-IV materials

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Restrepo, O D ^a   Windl, W ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC SPINS; ELLIOTT-YAFET MECHANISM; FIRST PRINCIPLES METHOD; FIRST-PRINCIPLES THEORY; II-IV SEMICONDUCTORS; MOMENTUM SCATTERING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPIN RELAXATION; SPIN RELAXATION TIME; SPIN TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

GRAPHITE; IMPURITIES; PHONONS;

GROUP THEORY;

EID: 84867507167     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.166604     Document Type: Article

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