Magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions with amorphous electrodes

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2609-2611

  Nakajima, Kentaro ^b   Feng, Gen ^b   Coey, J M D ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amorphous; MTJ; Spin dependent tunneling

Indexed keywords

BORON; COBALT ALLOYS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; METALLOIDS;

AMORPHOUS COFEB; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPIN-DEPENDENT TUNNELING;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 27744510624     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.854717     Document Type: Article

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