Tailoring tunnel magnetoresistance by ultrathin Cr and Co interlayers: A first-principles investigation of Fe/MgO/Fe junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bose, Peter ^a,b   Zahn, Peter ^a   Henk, Jürgen ^c   Mertig, Ingrid ^a,c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b International Max Planck Research   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

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EID: 77956500045     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.014412     Document Type: Article

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