Spin valve josephson junctions

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART I, 2005, Pages 908-911

  Bell, Christopher ^a   Burnell, Gavin ^a   Leung, Chi Wah ^a   Tarte, Edward J ^a   Blamire, Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Josephson junctions; Niagnetoresistive devices

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRITICAL CURRENTS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; PYRITES;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION; MAGNETORESISTIVE DEVICES; PSEUDO-SPIN-VALVE; SPIN VALVE;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 22144450269     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.850112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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