Electronic transport through EuO spin-filter tunnel junctions
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Nuttachai Jutong,1 Ivan Rungger,2 Cosima Schuster,1 Ulrich Eckern,1 Stefano Sanvito,2 and Udo Schwingenschlögl3 1Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany 2School of Physics and CRANN, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland 3KAUST, PSE Division, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Received 9 July 2012; revised manuscript received 11 September 2012; published 12 November 2012)
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