First-principles study of the spin-mixing conductance in Pt/Ni 81Fe19 junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Qinfang ^a,b   Hikino, Shin Ichi ^a,b   Yunoki, Seiji ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; INTERFACE ROUGHNESS; MAGNETIC METALS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SPIN-PUMPING; SPINTRONIC DEVICE;

PLATINUM;

CALCULATIONS;

EID: 80555145175     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3657144     Document Type: Article

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