Cooper pairs spintronics in triplet spin valves

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 111, Issue 22, 2013, Pages

  Romeo, F ^a,b   Citro, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b CNR SPIN SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; MAGNETIZATION DIRECTION; NONCOLLINEAR MAGNETIZATION; RELATIVE ORIENTATION; SPINTRONICS DEVICE; SUPERCONDUCTING ORDER PARAMETERS; TRIPLET CORRELATIONS; TRIPLET SUPERCONDUCTORS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 84888607588     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.226801     Document Type: Article

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