Tunnel magnetoresistance of quantum dots coupled to ferromagnetic leads in the sequential and cotunneling regimes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Weymann, Ireneusz ^a,b   König, Jürgen ^c   Martinek, Jan ^b,d,e   Barnaś, Józef ^a,d   Schön, Gerd ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 29744461187     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.115334     Document Type: Article

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