Electron correlation effects in the magnetoresistance of Fe/MgO/Fe tunnel junctions: First-principles calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Mirhosseini, S H ^a   Saha, K K ^b   Ernst, A ^a   Henk, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 47349103799     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.012404     Document Type: Article

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