Transport properties of magnetic tunnel junctions with Co2 MnSi electrodes: The influence of temperature-dependent interface magnetization and electronic band structure

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Schmalhorst, J ^a   Thomas, A ^a   Kammerer S ^a   Schebaum, O ^a   Ebke, D ^a   Sacher, M D ^a   Reiss, G ^a   Hutten A ^b   Turchanin, A ^a   Golzhauser A ^a   Arenholz, E ^c  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33846381035     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.014403     Document Type: Article

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