Tunneling spectra of sputter-deposited CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB magnetic tunnel junctions showing giant tunneling magnetoresistance effect

Solid State Communications

Volumn 136, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 611-615

  Matsumoto, Rie ^a   Hamada, Yusuke ^a,b   Mizuguchi, Masaki ^a,b   Shiraishi, Masashi ^a,b   Maehara, Hiroki ^c   Tsunekawa, Koji ^c   Djayaprawira, David D ^c   Watanabe, Naoki ^c   Kurosaki, Yoshinari ^d   Nagahama, Taro ^b,d   Fukushima, Akio ^b,d   Kubota, Hitoshi ^b,d   Yuasa, Shinji ^b,d   Suzuki, Yoshishige ^a,b,d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Canon ANELVA Technix Corporation   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

A. Magnetic films and multilayers; D. Electronic band structure; D. Electronic transport; D. Tunneling

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRODES; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FILMS; MULTILAYERS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; TUNNELS;

ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC FILMS AND MULTILAYERS; TUNNELING;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 28244468143     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2005.08.032     Document Type: Article

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