Fe/MgO/FeCo(100) epitaxial magnetic tunnel junctions prepared by using in situ plasma oxidation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 8041-8043

  Mitani, S ^a,b   Moriyama, T ^a,b   Takanashi, K ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MAGNESIA; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; OXIDATION; PLASMAS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS (MTJ);

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0037642200     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1557338     Document Type: Article

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