L-valley electron spin dynamics in GaAs

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, T T ^a   Barate, P ^a   Nguyen, C T ^a   Balocchi, A ^a   Amand, T ^a   Renucci, P ^a   Carrere, H ^a   Urbaszek, B ^a   Marie, X ^a  

^a INSA   (France)

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EID: 84872228672     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.041201     Document Type: Article

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