Spin filtering by a periodic spintronic device

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Aharony, Amnon ^a,d   Entin Wohlman, Ora ^a,d   Tokura, Yasuhiro ^b   Katsumoto, Shingo ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 54049088520     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.125328     Document Type: Article

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