Tenfold magnetoconductance in a nonmagnetic metal film

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 162-165

  Butko, V Yu ^a,b   DiTusa, J F ^a   Adams, P W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ENERGY GAP; FERMI LEVEL; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BERYLLIUM FILM; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; GRAIN CHARGING EFFECT; MAGNETIC IMPURITIES; MAGNETOCONDUCTANCE; MAGNETOTRANSPORT PROPERTY; NONMAGNETIC METAL FILM; SPIN ORBIT SCATTERING; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 0034227773     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.162     Document Type: Article

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