Effect of interface states on spin-dependent tunneling in FeMgOFe tunnel junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 14, 2005, Pages

  Belashchenko, K D ^a   Velev, J ^a   Tsymbal, E Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 29644437660     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.140404     Document Type: Article

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