Giant tunneling magnetoresistance in fully epitaxial body-centered-cubic Co/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Yuasa, Shinji ^a,b   Katayama, Toshikazu ^a   Nagahama, Taro ^a   Fukushima, Akio ^a   Kubota, Hitoshi ^a   Suzuki, Yoshishige ^a,c   Ando, Koji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FABRICATION; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GIANT TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTSNCE; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; MICROFABRICATION;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 27944480396     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2138355     Document Type: Article

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