Conductance, magnetoresistance, and interlayer coupling in tunnel junctions modulated by nonmagnetic metallic interlayers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 5332-5336

  Zhang, Wu Shou ^a   Li, Bo Zang ^a   Zhang, Xiangdong ^a   Li, Yun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTILAYERS;

FERROMAGNETIC ELECTRODES; FREE ELECTRON APPROXIMATION; INTERLAYER COUPLING; NONMAGNETIC METALLIC INTERLAYERS; TUNNELING BARRIER; TWO BAND MODEL;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0032072855     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.367360     Document Type: Article

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