Spin-Valve-Like Properties and Annealing Effect in Ferromagnetic Tunnel Junctions

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 5 PART 2, 1997, Pages 3553-3555

  Sato, Masashige ^a  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANNEALING; COBALT; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MULTILAYERS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

FERROMAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0031221627     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.619495     Document Type: Article

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