Enhancing spin-transfer torque through the proximity of quantum well states

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Theodonis, Ioannis ^a,b   Kalitsov, Alan ^a   Kioussis, Nicholas ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 37149001527     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.224406     Document Type: Article

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