Spin-Polarization Control in a Two-Dimensional Semiconductor

Physical Review Applied

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Appelbaum, Ian ^a   Li, Pengke ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LOGIC DEVICES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SPIN POLARIZATION;

CARRIER SPINS; CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; LOGIC OPERATIONS; PERTURBATION THEORY; SPIN-ORBIT EFFECTS; SYMMETRY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT CHANNEL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTORS;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

EID: 84973879583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23317019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.5.054007     Document Type: Article

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