Seebeck rectification enabled by intrinsic thermoelectrical coupling in magnetic tunneling junctions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Z H ^a   Gui, Y S ^a   Fu, L ^a   Fan, X L ^b   Cao, J W ^b   Xue, D S ^b   Freitas, P P ^c   Houssameddine, D ^d   Hemour, S ^e   Wu, K ^e   Hu, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INESC   (Portugal)

^d Everspin Technologies   (United States)

^e ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD FREQUENCY RANGE; COUPLING EFFECT; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT TRANSPORT; GHZ FREQUENCIES; HIGH-FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS; LINEAR RESPONSE; MAGNETIC TUNNELING JUNCTIONS; NONLINEAR CORRECTION; OHM'S LAW; ONSAGER; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; PRINCIPLE OF ENERGY CONSERVATION; RECIPROCAL RELATIONS; SEEBECK;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

EID: 84863895240     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.037206     Document Type: Article

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