Spin current in an electron waveguide tunnel-coupled to a topological insulator
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0953-8984,1361-648X
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/40/405301