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Nature Physics 4, 836–837 (1 November 2008) | doi:10.1038/nphys1121

Semiconductor spintronics: Snapshots of spins separating

Mathias Duckheim & Daniel Loss

Electric fields act on charge and magnetic fields on spin. This simple picture breaks down in a semiconductor environment, where the orbital motion of the electron and its spin can become coupled.