Theory of spin-polarized transport in photoexcited semiconductor/ferromagnet tunnel junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 4033-4047

  Jansen, R ^a   Prins, M ^a   van Kempen, H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000293502     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.4033     Document Type: Article

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