Evidence of a barrier oxidation dependence on the interfacial magnetism in Co/alumina based magnetic tunnel junctions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Telling, N D ^a   Van Der Laan, G ^a   Ladak, S ^b   Hicken, R J ^b   Arenholz, E ^c  

^a DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER INTERFACES; BARRIER OXIDATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM (CD); INTERFACIAL MAGNETISM;

ALUMINA; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CORRELATION METHODS; MAGNETISM; OXIDATION; OXIDES;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 33646743330     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2171002     Document Type: Article

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