Ferroelectric Rashba semiconductors as a novel class of multifunctional materials

Frontiers in Physics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-5

  Picozzi, Silvia ^a  

^a CNR SPIN ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Electronic structure theory; Ferroelectricity; GeTe; Rashba effect; Semiconductor spintronics; Spin orbit coupling

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

EFFECT MECHANISM; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE THEORY; MATERIAL SCIENCE; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; PROPERTY; RASHBA EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR SPINTRONICS; SINGLE COMPOUND; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 84908423280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296424X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2014.00010     Document Type: Article

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