Generation and electric control of spin–valley-coupled circular photogalvanic current in WSe2
10.1038/nnano.2014.183
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Yuan, H., Wang, X., Lian, B., Zhang, H., Fang, X., Shen, B., Xu, G., Xu, Y., Zhang, S.-C., Hwang, H. Y., & Cui, Y. (2014). Generation and electric control of spin–valley-coupled circular photogalvanic current in WSe2. Nature Nanotechnology, 9(10), 851–857.

Authors 11
  1. Hongtao Yuan (first)
  2. Xinqiang Wang (additional)
  3. Biao Lian (additional)
  4. Haijun Zhang (additional)
  5. Xianfa Fang (additional)
  6. Bo Shen (additional)
  7. Gang Xu (additional)
  8. Yong Xu (additional)
  9. Shou-Cheng Zhang (additional)
  10. Harold Y. Hwang (additional)
  11. Yi Cui (additional)
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