Magnetic tunnel junctions with tantalum oxide barriers displaying a magnetoresistance ratio of up to 10% at room temperature

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 3496-3498

  Gillies, M F ^a   Kuiper, A E T ^a   Van Zon, J B A ^a   Sturm, J M ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0035926778     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1372617     Document Type: Article

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