Structural study of CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB magnetic tunnel junctions

ECS Transactions

Volumn 3, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 413-421

  Tsunekawa, K ^a,b   Choi, Y S ^a   Nagamine, Y ^a   Djayaprawira, D D ^a   Watanabe, N ^a   Takeuchi, T ^b   Kitamoto, Y ^b  

^a Canon ANELVA Corporation ^*  (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; LATTICE MISMATCH; MAGNESIA; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; TEXTURES; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; TUNNELLING MAGNETORESISTANCE;

AMORPHOUS COFEB; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; EPITAXIAL RELATIONSHIPS; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POSTGROWTH ANNEALING; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

EID: 45249125144     PISSN: 19385862     EISSN: 19386737     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1149/1.2753273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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