Perpendicular spin valves with ultrathin ferromagnetic layers: Magnetoelectronic circuit investigation of finite-size effects

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Kovalev, Alexey A ^a   Bauer, Gerrit E W ^a   Brataas, Arne ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 33244476036     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.054407     Document Type: Article

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