Spin accumulation in degenerate semiconductors near modified Schottky contact with ferromagnets: Spin injection and extraction

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Osipov, V V ^a,b   Bratkovsky, A M ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 29744451135     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.115322     Document Type: Article

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