Spin-dependent conductance quantization in nickel point contacts
- 12 October 1998
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 73 (15) , 2203-2205
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.122423
Abstract
We have observed systematic change of the quantized conductance in point contacts of macroscopic nickel wires under varying external parameters, the temperature (above and below Tc) and the applied magnetic field. The observed quantized conductance can be explained by the number of the channels for electronic transport through the point contact and the spin-dependent transmission coefficient.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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