Quantum transport simulation based on an equation of motion method: An application to current-perpendicular-to-the-plane giant magnetoresistance

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  McKenna, K P ^a   Michez, L A ^a   Morgan, G J ^a   Hickey, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846283986     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.054418     Document Type: Article

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