Correlation between perpendicular anisotropy and magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1412-1415

  Nistor, Lavinia Elena ^a   Rodmacq, Bernard ^a   Ducruet, Clarisse ^b   Portemont, Céline ^b   Prejbeanu, I Lucian ^b   Dieny, Bernard ^a  

^a UMR 8191   (France)

^b Crocus Technology   (France)

Author keywords

Magnesium oxide; Magnetic tunnel junctions; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Tunnel magnetoresistance

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTRODES; MAGNESIA; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; OXIDATION; OXIDE MINERALS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; TUNNELLING MAGNETORESISTANCE;

BORON DIFFUSIONS; BOTTOM ELECTRODES; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; STRONG CORRELATION; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

EID: 77952817022     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2045641     Document Type: Article

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