Magnetic transport mechanism in double ferromagnetic tunnel junctions with two-dimensional ferromagnetic particles

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2679-2681

  Sukegawa, Hiroaki ^a   Hirohata, Atsufumi ^b   Nakamura, Shinich ^c   Tezuka, Nobuki ^a,d   Sugimoto, Satoshi ^a   Inomata, Koichiro ^a,d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Co tunneling; Double tunnel junction; Nano particles; Tunnel magnetoresistance

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CO-TUNNELING; DOUBLE TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; NANO-PARTICLES; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 27744460126     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.855292     Document Type: Article

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