80% tunneling magnetoresistance at room temperature for thin Al-O barrier magnetic tunnel junction with CoFeB as free and reference layers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Wei, H X ^a   Qin, Q H ^a   Ma, M ^a   Sharif, R ^a   Han, X F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; DEPOSITION; LITHOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

REFERENCE LAYERS; RING-TYPE MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS (RMTJ); TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 34248576578     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2696590     Document Type: Conference Paper

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