Influence of topography and Co domain walls on the magnetization reversal of the FeNi layer in FeNi Al2 O3 Co magnetic tunnel junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Romanens, F ^a   Vogel, J ^a   Kuch, W ^b   Fukumoto, K ^b   Camarero, J ^c   Pizzini, S ^a   Bonfim, M ^a   Petroff, F ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CNRS   (France)

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EID: 33751083326     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.184419     Document Type: Article

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