Giant Magnetoresistance in Ni-Fe/Co/Al-AlOx/Co/Ni-Fe/Fe-Mn Ferromagnetic Tunnel Junctions

Fujitsu Scientific and Technical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 204-211

  Sato, Masashige ^a   Kikuchi, Hideyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANNEALING; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; OXIDATION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

MAGNETIC SENSORS; SPIN VALVE FILMS;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0032304085     PISSN: 00162523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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