A new effective method for thermal annealing of magnetic tunnel junctions in air with protective overlayers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Pong, Philip W T ^a   Schmoueli, Moshe ^a   Li, Feifei ^a   Egelhoff, William F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PROTECTIVE OVERLAYERS; TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE (TMR);

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 42149137367     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2837618     Document Type: Article

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