Spin-dependent transport and thermopower in ferromagnetic quantum point contacts

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 330, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 274-279

  Li, Yu Xian ^a,b   Li, Bo Zang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conductance; Ferromagnetic quantum point contacts; Thermopower

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; POINT CONTACTS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EXCHANGE SPLITTING; QUANTIZED CONDUCTANCE; QUANTUM POINT CONTACT; SCATTERING MATRIX METHOD; SPIN DEGENERACY; SPIN DEPENDENT TRANSPORT; SPIN-DEPENDENT CONDUCTANCE; SPIN-DOWN ELECTRONS;

THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

EID: 21344467561     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2004.06.105     Document Type: Article

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