Inverted spin polarization of Heusler alloys for spintronic devices

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Thomas, Andy ^a   Meyners, Dirk ^a   Ebke, Daniel ^a   Liu, Ning Ning ^a   Sacher, Marc D ^a   Schmalhorst, Jan ^a   Reiss, Günter ^a   Ebert, Hubert ^b   Hütten, Andreas ^a,c  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; MAGNETIC AMPLIFIERS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; POLARIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

HEUSLER ALLOYS; MAGNETIC LOGIC; SPIN POLARIZATION; SPINTRONIC DEVICES;

ALLOYING ELEMENTS;

EID: 33745797682     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2219333     Document Type: Article

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