Tunnel magnetoresistance in GaMnAs: Going beyond Jullière formula

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1996-1998

  Brey, L ^a   Tejedor, C ^b   Fernandez Rossier J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

LANDAUER APPROACH; SPIN ORBITS (SO); SPIN POLARIZATION (SP); TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE (TMR);

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 5444244905     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1789241     Document Type: Article

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