Crystalline magnetotunnel junctions: Fe-MgO-Fe, Fe-FeOMgO-Fe and Fe-aumgoau-Fe

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 557-561

  Stilling, M ^a   Stokbro, K ^a   Flensberg, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electron transport; Magnetic random access memory; Magnetotunnel junction; MRAM; Spintronics

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; IRON COMPOUNDS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY; MAGNETOTUNNEL JUNCTIONS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREENS FUNCTIONS (NEGF);

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 34548134464     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020600930508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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