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Table 7.1 gives the overview of the Sects. 7.1.4. First, more traditional ferromagnetic spin injector systems are reviewed, including the giant magneto-resistive effect, followed by an extended overviewon the basic aspects ofmagnetismand spin(Sect. 7.3).
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Lewerenz, HJ. (2012). Spintronics. In: Photons in Natural and Life Sciences. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 157. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23749-2_7
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