Spin injection and detection in lanthanum-and niobium-doped SrTiO 3 using the Hanle technique

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Han, Wei ^a   Jiang, Xin ^a   Kajdos, Adam ^b   Yang, See Hun ^a   Stemmer, Susanne ^b   Parkin, Stuart S P ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANTHANUM; NIOBIUM; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM TITANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DETECTION METHOD; MAGNESIUM; NIOBIUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FILM; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLARIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84880274253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3134     Document Type: Article

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