Reversal of spin polarization in Fe/GaAs (001) driven by resonant surface states: First-principles calculations

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Chantis, Athanasios N ^a   Belashchenko, Kirill D ^b   Smith, Darryl L ^a   Tsymbal, Evgeny Y ^b   Van Schilfgaarde, Mark ^c   Albers, Robert C ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIAS VOLTAGE; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION;

FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS; MINORITY-SPIN RESONANCE;

GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 36049037376     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.196603     Document Type: Article

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