Spatial imaging of the spin Hall effect and current-induced polarization in two-dimensional electron gases

Nature Physics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-35

  Sih, V ^a   Myers, R C ^a   Kato, Y K ^a   Lau, W H ^a   Gossard, A C ^a   Awschalom, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSPINNING; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; INDUCED POLARIZATION LOGGING; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SPIN POLARIZATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS;

BAND STRUCTURE ENGINEERING; DEVICE ENGINEERING; INDUCED POLARIZATION; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROSTRUCTURES; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; STRONG DEPENDENCES;

SPIN HALL EFFECT;

EID: 84927935471     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys009     Document Type: Article

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