Magnetization transport and quantized spin conductance

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Meier, Florian ^a   Loss, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; HALL EFFECT; HAMILTONIANS; INSULATING MATERIALS; MAGNETS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CONTACT RESISTANCE; MAGNETIZATION CURRENT; MAGNETIZATION TRANSPORT; QUANTIZED SPIN CONDUCTANCE;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 0038201996     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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