Suppression of orange-peel coupling in magnetic tunnel junctions by preoxidation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Egelhoff Jr , W F ^a   McMichael, R D ^a   Dennis, C L ^a   Stiles, M D ^a   Shapiro, A J ^a   Maranville, B B ^a   Powell, C J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO ELECTRODES; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS (MTJS); ORANGE-PEEL COUPLING; PREOXIDATION;

COBALT; ELECTRODES; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; OXIDATION;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 33646174517     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2198087     Document Type: Article

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