Electrical switching in Fe/Cr/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Halley, D ^a   Majjad, H ^a   Bowen, M ^a   Najjari, N ^a   Henry, Y ^a   Ulhaq Bouillet, C ^a   Weber, W ^a   Bertoni, G ^b,c   Verbeeck, J ^c   Van Tendeloo, G ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS VOLTAGE; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

HYSTERETIC RESISTANCE SWITCHING; LOW-RESISTANCE STATES;

SWITCHING;

EID: 44449115320     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2938696     Document Type: Article

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