Mesoscopic ferromagnet-superconductor junctions and the proximity effect

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2001, Pages

  Aumentado, J ^a   Chandrasekhar, V ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONDUCTOR; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THEORY;

EID: 0035424001     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.054505     Document Type: Article

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