Improved current switching symmetry of magnetic tunneling junction and giant magnetoresistance devices with nano-current-channel structure

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Yao, Xiaofeng ^a   Meng, Hao ^a   Zhang, Yisong ^a   Wang, Jian Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; TORQUE;

MAGNETIC TUNNELING JUNCTION (MTJ); NANO-CURRENT-CHANNEL (NCC);

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 42149178402     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2837485     Document Type: Article

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