Nitrogen effects on lowering specific junction resistance and suppressing Mn diffusion in a magnetic tunnel junction

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3126-3128

  Shim, Heejae ^a   Cho, B K ^a   Kim, Jin Tae ^b   Choi, J W ^b   Park, Y ^b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; DIFFUSION IN GASES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETORESISTANCE; NITROGEN; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0242367487     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1618381     Document Type: Article

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