Bias voltage dependence of tunneling giant magnetoresistance in heterogeneous Fe-SiO2 granular films

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2955-2957

  Honda, S ^a,b,c   Nawate, M ^a,b   Umemoto, T ^a,b   Mitsudo, S ^a,b   Mitani, S ^a,b   Fujimori, H ^a,b   Motokawa, M ^a,b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHARP CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CPP structure; Fe Sio2; Granular magnetic film; Tunneling magnetoresitance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; GRANULAR MATERIALS; IRON; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SILICA; THERMAL EFFECTS;

TUNNELING GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0033184104     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.801045     Document Type: Article

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