Spin-polarized Josephson current in superconductor/ferromagnet/ superconductor junctions with inhomogeneous magnetization

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Alidoust, Mohammad ^a   Linder, Jacob ^b   Rashedi, Gholamreza ^a   Yokoyama, Takehito ^c   Sudbø, Asle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 77954832066     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.014512     Document Type: Article

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