Measuring the spin polarization of a metal with a superconducting point contact

Science

Volumn 282, Issue 5386, 1998, Pages 85-88

  Soulen Jr , R J ^a   Byers, J M ^a   Osofsky, M S ^a   Nadgorny, B ^a   Ambrose, T ^a   Cheng, S F ^a   Broussard, P R ^a   Tanaka, C T ^a   Nowak, J ^a   Moodera, J S ^a   Barry, A ^a   Coey, J M D ^a  

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METAL;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYBRIDIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 3543147072     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5386.85     Document Type: Article

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22. J.M.B. acknowledges support of this research by the Office of Naval Research (ONR contracts N0001496WX20507 and N00173-98-1-G004). B.N. and T.A. acknowledge the American Society for Engineering Education and National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowships, respectively. Work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was supported by ONR contract N00014-92-J-1847 and ONR AASERT contract N00014-93-1-1204. We also acknowledge T. Clinton, G. Prinz, G. Deutscher, I. Mazin, M. Johnson, and K. Hathaway for useful discussions, and J. Claassen for technical assistance.