Direct measurement of barrier asymmetry in Al Ox Zr Oy magnetic tunnel junctions using off-axis electron holography

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Liu, Yu Zi ^a   Wang, W G ^b   Moriyama, T ^b   Xiao, John Q ^b   Zhang, Z ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 34247530321     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.134420     Document Type: Article

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