Microstructural and micromagnetic characterization of thin film magnetic tunnel junctions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 8 II A, 1999, Pages 4815-4817

  Dunin Borkowski, R E ^a,c   McCartney, M R ^a   Smith, David J ^a   Gider, S ^b   Runge, B U ^b   Parkin, S S P ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ANNEALING; COBALT COMPOUNDS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIALS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

HARD MAGNETIC MATERIALS; LORENTZ MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS (MTJ);

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0032621505     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1063/1.370491     Document Type: Article

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