Superconducting/ferromagnetic diffusive bilayer with a spin-active interface: A numerical study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Cottet, Audrey ^a,b   Linder, Jacob ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 61849115792     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.054518     Document Type: Article

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