Spin dependence of interfacial reflection phase-shift at the Cu-Co interface

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Xu, Yuan ^a   Mi, Xi ^b   Wu, Y Z ^b   Xia, Ke ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 36549025328     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.184431     Document Type: Article

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