Effect of antiferromagnetic layers on the spin-dependent transport in magnetic tunnel junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Schlickum, U ^a,b   Gao, C L ^a   Wulfhekel, W ^a,c   Henk, J ^a   Bruno, P ^a   Kirschner, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

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EID: 33746867886     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.054409     Document Type: Article

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