Spontaneous supercurrent induced by ferromagnetic π junctions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 21, 2004, Pages

  Bauer, A ^a   Bentner, J ^a   Aprili, M ^b   Della Rocca, M L ^b   Reinwald, M ^a   Wegscheider, W ^a   Strunk, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIZATION; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OSCILLATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SENSORS; SWITCHING;

INTEGER FLUX QUANTIZATION; MICRO-HALL SENSORS; NIOBIUM LOOPS; SUPERCURRENTS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 3142516290     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.217001     Document Type: Article

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