Spin-dependent tunneling characteristics in Fe/MgO/Fe trilayers: First-principles calculations

Solid State Communications

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 214-218

  Abedi Ravan, B ^a   Shokri, A A ^b,c   Yazdani, A ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS IPM   (Iran)

Author keywords

A. Interface oxidation; A. Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ); D. FP LAPW calculations; D. Tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR)

Indexed keywords

D. FP-LAPW CALCULATIONS; FP-LAPW; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE;

ALIGNMENT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM BATTERIES; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MONOLAYERS; OXIDATION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SPIN DYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); WAVEGUIDE JUNCTIONS; WIND TUNNELS;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 70749122444     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2009.10.040     Document Type: Article

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