Optimum tunnel barrier in ferromagnetic-insulator-ferromagnetic tunneling structures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 3050-3052

  Moodera, Jagadeesh S ^a   Gallagher, Elizabeth F ^a   Robinson, Keziah ^a   Nowak, Janusz ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 3643145185     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.118168     Document Type: Article

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