Conductance features in point contact Andreev reflection spectra

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Baltz, V ^a,c   Naylor, A D ^a   Seemann, K M ^a   Elder, W ^a   Sheen, S ^a   Westerholt, K ^b   Zabel, H ^b   Burnell, G ^a   Marrows, C H ^a   Hickey, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UMR 8191   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDREEV REFLECTION; BIAS DEPENDENCE; OBJECTIVE CRITERIA; POINT CONTACT ANDREEV REFLECTION;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; POINT CONTACTS; REFLECTION; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 67649185599     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/9/095701     Document Type: Article

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