Inversion of spin polarization and tunneling magnetoresistance in spin-dependent tunneling junctions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 616-619

  Sharma, Manish ^a   Wang, Shan X ^a   Nickel, Janice H ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 18144441119     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.616     Document Type: Article

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