Spin-polarized resonant tunneling and quantum-size effect in ferromagnetic tunnel junctions with double barriers subjected to an electric field

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 133-138

  Zhang, Xiangdong ^a,b   Li, Bo Zang ^b   Sun, Gang ^b   Pu, Fu Cho ^b,c  

^a CCAST WORLD LABORATORY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetic tunnel junctions; Spin polarized tunneling; Tunnel magnetoresistance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION; RESONANT TUNNELING; SIZE DETERMINATION; SPIN POLARIZATION; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD; TUNNELLING MAGNETORESISTANCE;

FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; FERROMAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; MAGNETIZATION ANGLE; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; SPIN VALVE EFFECT; SPIN-POLARIZED TUNNELING; SUITABLE CONDITIONS; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0042284278     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00393-4     Document Type: Article

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