Modeling spin transport in helical fields: Derivation of an effective low-dimensional hamiltonian

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 43, 2013, Pages 22276-22284

  Gutierrez, R ^a   Diaz E ^b   Gaul, C ^b   Brumme, T ^a   Dominguez Adame F ^b   Cuniberti, G ^a,c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CENTER FOR ADVANCING ELECTRONICS DRESDEN CFAED   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKING PROCESS; EXTERNAL FIELDS; HELICAL SYMMETRY; MODEL HAMILTONIANS; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS; SPIN-DEPENDENT EFFECTS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; SYMMETRIC SYSTEMS;

SPIN POLARIZATION;

HAMILTONIANS;

EID: 84887145566     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp401705x     Document Type: Article

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