Spin angular impulse due to spin-dependent reflection off a barrier

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Teodorescu, V ^a   Winkler, R ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 69949127889     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.041311     Document Type: Article

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