Nanocontact magnetoresistance and quantized conductance

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2565-2567

  Sekiguchi, K ^a   Saitoh, E ^a   Miyajima, H ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ballistic magnetoresistance (BMR); Conductance quantization; Nanocontact

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NICKEL;

BALLISTIC MAGNETORESISTANCE (BMR); CONDUCTANCE QUANTIZATION; NANOCONTACT; QUANTIZED CONDUCTANCE;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 27744500788     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.854663     Document Type: Article

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