Layer KKR approach to bloch-wave transmission and reflection: Application to spin-dependent tunneling

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 5470-5478

  MacLaren, J M ^a   Zhang, X G ^b   Butler, W H ^b   Wang, Xindong ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000735882     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.5470     Document Type: Article

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