Spin-polarized ballistic transport in a thin superlattice of zinc blende half-metallic compounds

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Qian, M C ^a   Fong, C Y ^a   Pickett, W E ^a   Pask, J E ^b   Yang, L H ^b   Dag, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; GALLIUM; MANGANESE; METAL DERIVATIVE; SILVER; ZINC;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; FERMION; THEORY;

EID: 16844378816     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.012414     Document Type: Article

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