Effect of tip resonances on tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance in ferromagnetic metal break-junctions: A first-principles study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Burton, J D ^a   Sabirianov, R F ^a,b   Velev, J P ^a   Mryasov, O N ^c   Tsymbal, E Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c SEAGATE RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 35648998566     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.144430     Document Type: Article

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