Spin current and current-induced spin transfer torque in ferromagnet-quantum dot-ferromagnet coupled systems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Mu, Hai Feng ^a   Su, Gang ^a   Zheng, Qing Rong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 33244460058     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.054414     Document Type: Article

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