Spin polarization in half-metals probed by femtosecond spin excitation

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-61

  Müller, Georg M ^a   Walowski, Jakob ^a   Djordjevic, Marija ^a   Miao, Gou Xing ^b   Gupta, Arunava ^b   Ramos, Ana V ^c   Gehrke, Kai ^a   Moshnyaga, Vasily ^a   Samwer, Konrad ^a   Schmalhorst, Jan ^d   Thomas, Andy ^d   Hütten, Andreas ^d   Reiss, Günter ^d   Moodera, Jagadeesh S ^e   Münzenberg, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARACTERIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MANGANESE OXIDE; METALS; POLARIZATION;

CHARACTERIZATION TOOLS; DIRECT ENERGY TRANSFERS; FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL EXCITATION; METALLIC PROPERTIES; METALLICITIES; SPIN EXCITATION; SPIN-ELECTRONIC DEVICES; SPINTRONICS APPLICATION;

SPIN POLARIZATION;

EID: 57949098937     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2341     Document Type: Article

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