First-principles scattering matrices for spin transport

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Xia, K ^a,c   Zwierzycki, M ^a,d,e   Talanana, M ^a   Kelly, P J ^a   Bauer, G E W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

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EID: 33244493966     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.064420     Document Type: Article

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