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Rashba Spin-Splitting and Spin Currents in GaN Heterojunctions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Wolfgang Weber
Affiliation:
wolfgang.weber@physik.uni-regensburg.de, University of Regensburg, nstitute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Regensburg, N/A, Germany
Simon Seidl
Affiliation:
simon.seidl@physik.uni-regensburg.de, Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, N/A, Germany
Leonid E. Golub
Affiliation:
sergey.ganichev@physik.uni-regensburg.de, A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, N/A, Russian Federation
Sergey N. Danilov
Affiliation:
sergey.danilov@physik.uni-regensburg.de, Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, N/A, Germany
Vasily V. Bel'kov
Affiliation:
sergey.ganichev@physik.uni-regensburg.de, A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences , St. Petersburg, N/A, Russian Federation
Eugenious L. Ivchenko
Affiliation:
sergey.ganichev@physik.uni-regensburg.de, A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, N/A, Russian Federation
Wilhelm Prettl
Affiliation:
wilhelm.prettl@physik.uni-regensburg.de, Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, N/A, Germany
Zee Don Kvon
Affiliation:
sergey.ganichev@physik.uni-regensburg.de, Institut of semiconductor physics, Novosibirsk, N/A, Russian Federation
Hyun-Ick Cho
Affiliation:
sergey.ganichev@physik.uni-regensburg.de, Kyungpook National University, Sankyuk-Dong, N/A, Korea, Republic of
Jung-Hee Lee
Affiliation:
sergey.ganichev@physik.uni-regensburg.de, Kyungpook National University, Sankyuk-Dong, N/A, Korea, Republic of
Sergey D. Ganichev
Affiliation:
sergey.ganichev@physik.uni-regensburg.de, Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, N/A, Germany
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Abstract

Gallium nitride is a potentially interesting material system for Spintronics since it is expected to become ferromagnetic with a Curie-temperature above room temperature if doped with manganese and long spin relaxation times are detected in this material.

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