Effects of annealing on local composition and electrical transport correlations in MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Chiaramonti, A N ^a   Schreiber, D K ^a,b   Egelhoff, W F ^c   Seidman, David N ^b,d   Petford Long, A K ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

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

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IN SITU PROCESSING; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; TUNNELS; WAVEGUIDE JUNCTIONS;

ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; SITE-SPECIFIC;

ANNEALING;

EID: 51749125034     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2970964     Document Type: Article

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