Fundamental obstacle for electrical spin injection from a ferromagnetic metal into a diffusive semiconductor

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2000, Pages R4790-R4793

  Schmidt, G ^a   Ferrand, D ^a   Molenkamp, L ^a   Filip, A ^b   van Wees, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0009906761     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.62.R4790     Document Type: Article

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