Observation of standard spin-switch effects in ferromagnet/superconductor/ ferromagnet trilayers with a strong ferromagnet

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Moraru, Ion C ^a   Pratt, W P ^a   Birge, Norman O ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845405675     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.220507     Document Type: Article

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