Spin polarization in ferromagnet/insulator/superconductor structures with the superconductor on top of the barrier

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3582-3584

  Kaiser, C ^a,b   Parkin, S S P ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUASIPARTICLE STATES; SUPERCONDUCTING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY (STS); TUNNEL BARRIERS; TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE (TMR); TUNNELING SPIN POLARIZATION (TSP);

ALUMINA; COBALT ALLOYS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRODES; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; PLASMAS;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 2542475197     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1737485     Document Type: Article

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