Magnetic characterization of CoFeB/MgO and CoFe/MgO interfaces

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Negusse, Ezana ^a   Lussier, A ^a   Dvorak, J ^a   Idzerda, Y U ^a   Shinde, S R ^b   Nagamine, Y ^b   Furukawa, S ^b   Tsunekawa, K ^b   Djayaprawira, D D ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Canon ANELVA Technix Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETORESISTANCE; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; X RAY SCATTERING;

FERROMAGNETIC ELECTRODES; INTERFACIAL MOMENTS; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS (MTJ); TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE (TMR);

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 33847680885     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2709619     Document Type: Article

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