Observation of Andreev-Saint-James reflections in nano-scale planar superconductor to ferromagnet contacts

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Hacohen Gourgy, S ^a   Almog, B ^a   Deutscher, G ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; REFLECTION; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ELECTRON HOLE REFLECTIONS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 42349099828     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2909565     Document Type: Article

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