Spin heat accumulation and spin-dependent temperatures in nanopillar spin valves

Nature Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 636-639

  Dejene, F K ^a   Flipse, J ^a   Bauer, G E W ^b,c   Van Wees, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; NANOPILLARS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

COUPLED TRANSPORT; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE EFFECT; SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD; SPIN-BASED DEVICES; SPIN-DOWN ELECTRONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENTS; TOTAL TEMPERATURES;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

EID: 84885427349     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2743     Document Type: Article

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