Tunneling spin polarization measurements from ferromagnet/MgO tunnel junctions using NbN superconductor

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Yang, Hyunsoo ^a   Yang, See Hun ^a   Kaiser, Christian ^a   Parkin, Stuart ^a  

^a IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING THEORY; SPIN POLARIZATION; SPIN-ORBIT SCATTERING; SUPERCONDUCTING ALUMINUM ELECTRODES;

ELECTRODES; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; POLARIZATION; SCATTERING; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 33646509481     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2200473     Document Type: Article

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