Low-frequency noise in MgO magnetic tunnel junctions: Hooge's parameter dependence on bias voltage

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 11 PART 1, 2008, Pages 2569-2572

  Almeida, J M ^a,b   Wisniowski, P ^a   Freitas, P P ^a,b  

^a INESC   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

1 f noise; Double barrier; Low frequency noise; Magnetic tunnel junction; MgO; Random telegraph noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950564053     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.2002604     Document Type: Article

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