Spin injection, accumulation, and precession in a mesoscopic nonmagnetic metal island

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Zaffalon, M ^a   Van Wees, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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ALUMINUM; COBALT; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POLARIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 20044372065     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.125401     Document Type: Article

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