Spin-filter Josephson junctions

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 849-852

  Senapati, Kartik ^a,b   Blamire, Mark G ^a   Barber, Zoe H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FERROMAGNETIC INSULATOR; LOW DISSIPATIONS; MAGNETIC INHOMOGENEITIES; METALLIC FERROMAGNETS; SPIN FILTERING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRIPLET PAIRING;

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EID: 80054908378     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3116     Document Type: Article

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