Chemical and magnetic interface properties of tunnel junctions with Co 2MnSi/Co2FeSi multilayer electrode showing large tunneling magnetoresistance

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2806-2808

  Schmalhorst, Jan ^a   Ebke, Daniel ^a   Sacher, Marc D ^a   Liu, Ning Ning ^a   Thomas, Andy ^a   Reiss, Günter ^a   Hütten, Andreas ^a,b   Arenholz, Elke ^c  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heulser compounds; Heusler alloys; Magnetic interface properties; Magnetic tunneling junctions; X ray absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTRODES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MULTILAYERS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

HEULSER COMPOUNDS; HEUSLER ALLOYS; MAGNETIC INTERFACE PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS (MTJ);

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 34249095113     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.893475     Document Type: Article

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