Ballistic magnetoresistance in a magnetic nanometer sized contact: An effective gate for spintronics

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 27, 2001, Pages 4550-4552

  Garcia N ^a   Munoz M ^a   Qian, G G ^a   Rohrer, H ^a   Saveliev, I G ^a   Zhao, Y W ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

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EID: 0035981096     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1427152     Document Type: Article

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