The current potential of Co2MnSi Heusler alloy electrodes in magnetic tunnel junctions

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applied Research

Volumn 201, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3271-3279

  Hutten A ^a   Kammerer S ^a   Schmalhorst, J ^a   Thomas, A ^b   Reiss, G ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FERMI LEVEL; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MICROSTRUCTURE; ANNEALING; ELECTRODES; INTEGRATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

DENSITY OF STATES (DOS); MAGNETIC ELECTRODES; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS (MTJ); SPINTRONIC DEVICES; HEUSLER ALLOYS; MAGNETIC QUALITY; MAGNETIC TUNNELS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; COBALT ALLOYS;

EID: 11444250195     PISSN: 00318965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200405437     Document Type: Article

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