Spin-dependent tunneling from clean and oxidized Co surfaces

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 272-276, Issue III, 2004, Pages 1954-1955

  Belashchenko, K D ^a   Tsymbal, E Y ^a   Van Schilfgaarde, M ^b   Stewart, D A ^c   Oleynik, I I ^d   Jaswal, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic tunnel junction; Principal layer Green's function approach; Spin dependent tunneling

Indexed keywords

COBALT; ELECTRON TUNNELING; GREEN'S FUNCTION; OXIDATION; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; VACUUM;

MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS (MTJ); PRINCIPAL-LAYER GREEN'S FUNCTION APPROACH; SPIN-DEPENDENT TUNNELING; VACUUM DECAY FACTORS;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 23044497828     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2003.12.499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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