Study of the insulating layer and interfaces of MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions by impedance and capacitance spectra

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 911-913

  Huang, J C A ^a,b,c   Hsu, C Y ^a   Chen, W H ^a   Lee, Y H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complex capacitance (CC); Complex impedence (CI); Equivalent circuit model (ECM); MgO; Tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; INSULATING MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNESIA; MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

COMPLEX CAPACITANCE (CC); COMPLEX IMPEDENCE (CI); EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL (ECM); TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE (TMR);

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 33846624715     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.888502     Document Type: Article

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