Theory of nonspecular tunneling through magnetic tunnel junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, X G ^a   Wang, Yan ^b   Han, X F ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 43049132157     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.144431     Document Type: Article

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