Highly efficient spin filtering of ballistic electrons

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Steinmuller, S J ^a   Trypiniotis, T ^a   Cho, W S ^a   Hirohata, A ^a,b   Lew, W S ^a   Vaz, C A F ^a   Bland, J A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COBALT; COPPER; GALLIUM; GOLD; IRON; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; EXCITATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POLARIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 42749098611     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.153309     Document Type: Article

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