Crystalline structure and magnetic properties of Fe2CrSi Heusler alloy films: New ferromagnetic material for high-performance magnetic random access memory

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Yoshimura, S ^a   Asano, H ^b   Nakamura, Y ^b   Yamaji, K ^b   Takeda, Y ^b   Matsui, M ^b   Ishida, S ^c   Nozaki, Y ^a   Matsuyama, K ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC STORAGE; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

ALLOY FILMS; MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS (MTJ); SWITCHING FIELDS;

IRON ALLOYS;

EID: 42149126134     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2838984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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