Spin injection through an Fe/InAs interface

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Zwierzycki, M ^a,d   Xia, K ^a,e   Kelly, P J ^a   Bauer, G E W ^b   Turek, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF MATERIALS   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^e INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; INDIUM; IRON DERIVATIVE;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONDUCTANCE; MAGNETISM; POLARIZATION;

EID: 0037368213     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.092401     Document Type: Article

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