Spin-tunneling in ferromagnetic junctions

Annual Review of Materials Science

Volumn 29, Issue , 1999, Pages 381-432

  Moodera, Jagadeesh S ^a   Nassar, Joaquim ^a,c   Mathon, George ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c THALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETORESISTANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE; SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

JUNCTION MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC MEMORY ELEMENTS; PICOTESLA FIELD SENSORS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 2342490363     PISSN: 00846600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.matsci.29.1.381     Document Type: Book

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