Fully epitaxial Fe(110)/MgO(111)/Fe(110) magnetic tunnel junctions: Growth, transport, and spin filtering properties

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Hauch, J O ^a   Fonin, M ^b   Fraune, M ^a   Turban, P ^c   Guerrero, R ^d   Aliev, F G ^d   Mayer, J ^a   Rudiger U ^b   Guntherodt G ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; KETONES; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); TUNNELS; WAVEGUIDE JUNCTIONS;

MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; SPIN FILTERING;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 51349163454     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2976546     Document Type: Article

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