Investigation of magnetic and electronic coupling between two (Ga,Mn)As layers in (Ga,Mn) AsGaAs (Ga,Mn) As magnetic tunnel junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Ge, Z ^a   Zhou, Y Y ^a   Cho, Y J ^a   Liu, X ^a   Furdyna, J K ^a   Dobrowolska, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; EXCHANGE COUPLING; HALL EFFECT; MAGNETIZATION; THICKNESS CONTROL; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC INTERLAYER; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; SPACER THICKNESSES;

MAGNETIC COUPLINGS;

EID: 35248897985     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2799238     Document Type: Article

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