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Spin polarized current and Andreev transmission in planar superconducting-ferromagnetic Nb-Ni junctions

Superconductivity 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We have measured and modeled, using three different approaches, the tunneling current in a Nb/NbxOy/Ni planar tunnel junction. The experimental data could be fitted and the correct current polarization could be extracted using a simple quasiclassical model, even in the absence of an applied magnetic field. We also discuss the microscopic structure of the barrier.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0405250,
  title  = {Spin polarized current and Andreev transmission in planar superconducting-ferromagnetic Nb-Ni junctions},
  author = {E. M. Gonzalez and A. Dominguez-Folgueras and F. J. Palomares and R. Escudero and J. E. Villegas and J. M. Gonzalez and J. Ferrer and F. Guinea and J. L. Vicent},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0405250},
  year   = {2007}
}