Grain boundary mediated oxidation and interlayer dipolar coupling in a magnetic tunnel junction structure

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  Freeland, J W ^a   Keavney, D J ^a   Winarski, R ^a   Ryan, P ^a   Slaughter, J M ^b   Dave, R W ^b   Janesky, J ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DIPOLE; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; MAGNETISM; MEASUREMENT; OXIDATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0037763921     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.134411     Document Type: Article

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