Bias dependent tunneling in ferromagnetic junctions and inversion of the tunneling magnetoresistance from a quantum mechanical point of view

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 11 II, 2004, Pages 7243-7245

  Li, Fei Fei ^a   Li, Zheng Zhong ^a   Xiao, Ming Wen ^a   Du, Jun ^a   Xu, Wang ^a   Hu, An ^a   Xiao, John Q ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC JUNCTIONS; SLONCZEWSKI MODELS; TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE (TMR); WAVE FUNCTIONS;

ALUMINA; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONS; HAMILTONIANS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETORESISTANCE; MIRRORS; QUANTUM THEORY;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 2942652843     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1667854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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