Angular dependence of the tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Matos Abiague, A ^a   Gmitra, M ^a   Fabian, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 69949175686     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.045312     Document Type: Article

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