High efficiency nonvolatile ferromagnet/superconductor switch

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 3973-3975

  Nadgorny, B ^a   Mazin, I I ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDREEV REFLECTION; BASIC ELEMENTS; FERROMAGNETS; HIGH QUALITY; INTERFACE SCATTERING; LOW IMPEDANCE; NON-VOLATILE; NONVOLATILITY; NORMAL STATE; SUPERCONDUCTING STATE;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 79956050145     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1481987     Document Type: Article

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