High tunnel magnetoresistance at room temperature in fully epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe tunnel junctions due to coherent spin-polarized tunneling

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 4 B, 2004, Pages

  Yuasa, Shinji ^a,b   Fukushima, Akio ^a   Nagahama, Taro ^a   Ando, Koji ^a   Suzuki, Yoshishige ^a  

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

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epitaxial growth; Magnetic tunnel junction; MRAM; TMR effect; Tunnel magnetoresistance

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRODES; MAGNETORESISTANCE; POLARIZATION; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; THERMAL EFFECTS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS (MTJ); MAGNETORESISTANCE RANDOM-ACCESS-MEMORY (MRAM); SPIN-POLARIZED TUNNELING; TMR EFFECTS; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE;

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EID: 3042718031     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.43.l588     Document Type: Article

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