Spin-polarized tunneling spectroscopy in tunnel junctions with half-metallic electrodes

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 13, 2005, Pages

  Bowen, M ^a   Barthelemy A ^a   Bibes, M ^a   Jacquet, E ^a   Contour, J P ^a   Fert, A ^a   Ciccacci, F ^b   Duo L ^b   Bertacco, R ^b  

^a UNITÉ MIXTE DE PHYSIQUE CNRS THALES   (France)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALF-METALLIC ELECTRODES; SPIN-POLARIZED INVERSE PHOTOEMISSION; SPIN-POLARIZED TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; PHOTOEMISSION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

INTERMETALLICS;

EID: 27144485194     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.137203     Document Type: Article

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