Magnetoresistance and interlayer exchange coupling in ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic/insulator (semiconductor)/ferromagnetic tunnel junctions

Chinese Physics Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 296-298

  Zhang, Wu Shou ^a   Li, Bo Zang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; EXCHANGE COUPLING; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; TUNNELLING MAGNETORESISTANCE;

FERROMAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; FREE ELECTRON APPROXIMATION; INTERLAYER EXCHANGE COUPLING; METALLICS; NONMAGNETIC INSULATOR; NONMAGNETIC LAYERS; OSCILLATORY FUNCTIONS; PROPERTY; SEMICONDUCTORS-FERROMAGNETIC; TWO-BAND MODEL;

FERROMAGNETISM;

EID: 0032395337     PISSN: 0256307X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/15/4/022     Document Type: Article

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