Spin valve effect in self-exchange biased ferromagnetic metal/semiconductor bilayers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Zhu, M ^a   Wilson, M J ^a   Sheu, B L ^a   Mitra, P ^a   Schiffer, P ^a   Samarth, N ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

BILAYERS; SELF-EXCHANGE BIASED FERROMAGNETIC METAL; SPIN VALVE EFFECT;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 36048958513     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2806966     Document Type: Article

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