Controlled injection of spin-triplet supercurrents into a strong ferromagnet

Science

Volumn 329, Issue 5987, 2010, Pages 59-61

  Robinson, J W A ^a   Witt, J D S ^a   Blamire, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; HOLMIUM;

CURRENT; ELECTRON; INHOMOGENEITY; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON; MAGNET; MAGNETISM; NANOANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERCONDUCTOR; THEORY;

EID: 77954333992     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1189246     Document Type: Article

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28. J.W.A.R. acknowledges support from St. John's College, Cambridge, through a Research Fellowship. We thank G. Hálász for valuable discussions. This work was funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/E026206;EP/E026532/1;EP/D001536/1).