Magnetoresistance of magnetic tunnel junctions with low barrier heights

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Beletskii, N N ^a,b   Berman, G P ^b   Borysenko, S A ^a   Wolf, S A ^c   Yakovenko, V M ^a  

^a A USIKOV INSTITUTE OF RADIO PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Ukraine)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER HEIGHTS; FERROMAGNETIC ELECTRODES; FREE ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

BIAS VOLTAGE; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRODES; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIZATION;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 34247236203     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2713369     Document Type: Article

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