Microscopic mechanisms of giant magnetoresistance

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 6710-6722

  Vouille, C ^a   Barthelemy A ^a   Mpondo, F Elokan ^a   Fert, A ^a   Schroeder, P A ^b   Hsu, S Y ^b   Reilly, A ^b   Loloee, R ^b  

^a INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000756896     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.6710     Document Type: Article

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