Magnetic tunnel junctions with single-crystal electrodes: A crystal anisotropy of tunnel magneto-resistance

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 344-350

  Yuasa, S ^a   Sato, T ^b   Tamura, E ^c   Suzuki, Y ^a,c   Yamamori, H ^a   Ando, K ^a   Katayama, T ^a  

^a ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b JT RES CENTER FOR ATOM TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JRCAT   (Japan)

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EID: 0034311434     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2000-00445-5     Document Type: Article

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