Theory of tunneling magnetoresistance of Fe/GaAs/Fe(001) junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Autes G ^a,b   Mathon, J ^a   Umerski, A ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77957563691     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.115212     Document Type: Article

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