Theory of transport through quantum-dot spin valves in the weak-coupling regime

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Braun, Matthias ^a,b   König, Jürgen ^a,b   Martinek, Jan ^b,c,d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 12344289076     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.195345     Document Type: Article

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