Andreev reflection in ferromagnet/superconductor/ferromagnet double junction systems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Yamashita, Taro ^a   Imamura, Hiroshi ^b   Takahashi, Saburo ^a   Maekawa, Sadamichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; MAGNETISM; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE; THEORY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0242499901     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.094515     Document Type: Article

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