Determination of the Spin Polarization of Half-Metallicby Point Contact Andreev Reflection
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- 11 June 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 86 (24) , 5585-5588
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.86.5585
Abstract
Andreev reflection at a point contact has been used to determine the spin polarization of single-crystal films made by chemical vapor deposition. The spin polarization is found to be , which confirms that is a half-metallic ferromagnet, as theoretically predicted.
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