Spin currents in a coherent exciton gas

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 24, 2013, Pages

  High, A A ^a   Hammack, A T ^a   Leonard, J R ^a   Yang, Sen ^a   Butov, L V ^a   Ostatnicky T ^b   Vladimirova, M ^c   Kavokin, A V ^c,d,e   Liew, T C H ^f   Campman, K L ^g   Gossard, A C ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics   (Italy)

^g University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITON POLARIZATION; HELICAL PATTERN; INDIRECT EXCITONS; NEW MECHANISMS; PERIODIC PATTERN; POLARIZATION PATTERNS; SPIN RELAXATION; SPIRAL PATTERN;

ATOMIC PHYSICS; PHYSICS;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84879097368     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.246403     Document Type: Article

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