Fabrication and characterization of MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions for spin momentum transfer switching

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Assefa, Solomon ^a   Nowak, J ^a   Sun, J Z ^a   O'Sullivan, E ^a   Kanakasabapathy, S ^a   Gallagher, W J ^a   Nagamine, Y ^b   Tsunekawa, K ^b   Djayaprawira, D D ^b   Watanabe, N ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Canon ANELVA Technix Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; MOS DEVICES; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; PHOTORESIST TRIMMING; SPIN MOMENTUM TRANSFER SWITCHING; TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE (TMR);

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 34848827118     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2781321     Document Type: Article

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