Electrical detection of spin accumulation and spin precession at room temperature in metallic spin valves

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 27, 2002, Pages 5162-5164

  Jedema, F J ^a   Costache, M V ^a   Heersche, H B ^a   Baselmans, J J A ^a   Van Wees, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MODULATION; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

SPIN VALVES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0346034882     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1532753     Document Type: Article

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