Nuclear magnetization in gallium arsenide quantum dots at zero magnetic field

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sallen, G ^a   Kunz, S ^a   Amand, T ^a   Bouet, L ^a   Kuroda, T ^b   Mano, T ^b   Paget, D ^c   Krebs, O ^d   Marie, X ^a   Sakoda, K ^b   Urbaszek, B ^a  

^a INSA   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

^d UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 84893860432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4268     Document Type: Article

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