Effective spin-flip scattering in diffusive superconducting proximity systems with magnetic disorder

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Ivanov, D A ^a   Fominov, Ya V ^b   Skvortsov, M A ^b   Ostrovsky, P M ^b,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 70749112235     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.134501     Document Type: Article

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