Influence of spin-orbit coupling on the transport properties of magnetic tunnel junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 18, 2005, Pages

  Popescu, V ^a   Ebert, H ^a   Papanikolaou, N ^b   Zeller, R ^c   Dederichs, P H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Greece)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 29644439947     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.184427     Document Type: Article

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