Colossal proximity effect in a superconducting triplet spin valve based on the half-metallic ferromagnet CrO2

Physical Review X

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Singh, A ^a   Voltan, S ^a   Lahabi, K ^a   Aarts, J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F REGION; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETS; SPIN POLARIZATION; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; FERROMAGNETS; HALF-METALLIC FERROMAGNETS; OUT-OF-PLANE MAGNETIC FIELDS; PROXIMITY EFFECTS; SPIN-POLARIZED; SPINTRONIC DEVICE; SUPERCURRENTS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84937697642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.5.021019     Document Type: Article

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