Spin-filter tunnel junction with matched fermi surfaces

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Harada, T ^a   Ohkubo, I ^a,e   Lippmaa, M ^a   Sakurai, Y ^a   Matsumoto, Y ^b   Muto, S ^c   Koinuma, H ^a,d   Oshima, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT INJECTIONS; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; FERROMAGNETIC INSULATOR; INELASTIC ELECTRON TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; SCATTERING PROCESS; SPIN SCATTERING; SPIN-INJECTION EFFICIENCY; SPIN-POLARIZED CURRENTS; SPINTRONIC DEVICE;

MAGNETOELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

MATCHED FILTERS;

EID: 84865219611     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.076602     Document Type: Article

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