Coherent transport of electron spin in a ferromagnetically contacted carbon nanotube

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6753, 1999, Pages 572-574

  Tsukagoshi, Kazuhito ^a   Alphenaar, Bruce W ^b   Ago, Hiroki ^c  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b HITACHI CAMBRIDGE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033533780     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/44108     Document Type: Article

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