Equal-spin Andreev reflection and long-range coherent transport in high-temperature superconductor/half-metallic ferromagnet junctions

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 539-543

  Visani, C ^a,b   Sefrioui, Z ^c   Tornos, J ^c   Leon, C ^c   Briatico, J ^a,b   Bibes, M ^a,b   Barthelemy A ^a,b   Santamaria J ^c   Villegas, Javier E ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

ELECTRON INTERFERENCE EFFECT; LONG-RANGE PENETRATION; LONG-RANGE PROPAGATION; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; SPECTROSCOPIC SIGNATURES; SPINTRONIC APPLICATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING CORRELATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRODES;

FERROMAGNETISM;

EID: 84863499469     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2318     Document Type: Article

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