Using Single Quantum States as Spin Filters to Study Spin Polarization in Ferromagnets

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 26, 2002, Pages

  Deshmukh, Mandar M ^a   Ralph, D C ^a  

^a Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

FIELD-DEPENDENT CHARGE REDISTRIBUTION; SPIN FILTER; SPIN POLARIZATION; ZEEMAN-SPLIT STATE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0038764675     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.266803     Document Type: Article

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