Thermal stability of magnetic tunnel junctions studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 234-236

  Keavney, David J ^a   Park, Sungkyun ^a   Falco, Charles M ^a   Slaughter, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

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EID: 0001665065     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1338957     Document Type: Article

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