Shape-anisotropy-controlled magnetoresistive response in magnetic tunnel junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2610-2612

  Lu, Yu ^a,b   Altman, R A ^a   Marley, A ^a,c   Rishton, S A ^a   Trouilloud, P L ^a   Xiao, Gang ^a,b   Gallagher, W J ^a   Parkin, S S P ^a,c  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0001212380     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.118933     Document Type: Article

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