The current–volt
age me
asurements
and tunnelling spectroscopy
are used to study the b
allistic tr
ansport of the spin-pol
arized holes by v
arying the v
alue of the R
ashb
a spin–orbit inter
action (SOI) in the p-type n
anostructures prep
ared on the surf
ace of the n-CdF
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al. The findings of the hole conduct
ance oscill
ations in the pl
ane of the p-type n
anostructures th
at
are due to the v
ari
ations of the R
ashb
a SOI
are shown to be evidence of the spin tr
ansistor effect, with the
amplitude of the oscill
ations close to
e2/
h.