Oscillatory spin-filtering due to gate control of spin-dependent interface conductance

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1058-1061

  Grundler, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

LANDAUER-BUTTIKER FORMALISM; SPIN FILTERING;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 4243455862     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1058     Document Type: Article

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