Quantum transport and spin effects in lateral semiconductor nanostructures and graphene

This thesis studies electron spin phenomena in lateral semi-conductor quantum dots/anti-dots and electron conductance in graphene nanoribbons by numerical modelling. In paper I we have investigated spin-dependent transport through open quantum dots, i.e., dots strongly coupled to their leads, within...

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Main Author: Evaldsson, Martin
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap 2008
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-12410
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7393-835-8