Thermal spin injection and accumulation in CoFe/MgO/n-type Ge contacts

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Jeon, Kun Rok ^a   Min, Byoung Chul ^b   Park, Seung Young ^c   Lee, Kyeong Dong ^a   Song, Hyon Seok ^a   Park, Youn Ho ^b   Jo, Young Hun ^c   Shin, Sung Chul ^a,d  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^d Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

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EID: 84871800922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00962     Document Type: Article

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