Measure spin polarization using point contact andreev reflection : the realization of an experimental set up and preliminary measurements.

• Main Author: Wu, Yu.
• Other Authors: Wang Lan
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Electricity and magnetism; DRNTU::Science::Physics::Nuclear and particle physics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/41738
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The topic of this thesis is studying the unbalance of the electron spin in currents, a parameter known as spin polarization using point contact Andreev reflection method. Spin polarization is the most important parameter within the field currently known as Spintronics, and is responsible for the...