Theory of the zero-bias anomaly in magnetic tunnel junctions: Inelastic tunneling via impurities

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Sheng, L ^a   Xing, D Y ^a   Sheng, D N ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DENSITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; INFRARED RADIATION; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHONON; SPECTRUM; THEORY;

EID: 19744381679     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.094416     Document Type: Article

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