Rashba Spin-Orbit Anisotropy and the Electric Field Control of Magnetism

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-5

  Barnes, Stewart E ^a,b   Ieda, Jun'Ichi ^b,c   Maekawa, Sadamichi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 84894597499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04105     Document Type: Article

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