Control of spin-polarized current in a scanning tunneling microscope by single-atom transfer

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Ziegler, M ^a   Ruppelt, N ^a   Nel N ^a   Kroger J ^a   Berndt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM TRANSFER; CR ATOMS; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES; SPIN-POLARIZED CURRENTS; TUNNELING CURRENT;

CHROMIUM; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPIN POLARIZATION; TUNGSTEN; WIND TUNNELS;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 77950462815     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3377917     Document Type: Article

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