Giant tunneling magnetoresistance in Co2MnSi/Al-O /Co 2MnSi magnetic tunnel junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Sakuraba, Y ^a   Hattori, M ^a   Oogane, M ^a   Ando, Y ^a   Kato, H ^a   Sakuma, A ^a   Miyazaki, T ^a   Kubota, H ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ENERGY GAP; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING;

HALF-METALLIC ENERGY GAP; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; TUNNELING CONDUCTANCE; TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE (TMR) RATIO;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 33646672858     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2202724     Document Type: Article

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