Superparamagnetism in MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions with a thin pinned ferromagnetic electrode

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Feng, J F ^a,b   Chen, J Y ^a,b   Venkatesan, M ^a   Feng, G ^a   Han, X F ^b   Coey, J M D ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 77955719989     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.205212     Document Type: Article

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