Spin-resolved Andreev reflection in ferromagnet-superconductor junctions with Zeeman splitting

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 202-208

  Melin R ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0034636650     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2000-00532-1     Document Type: Article

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