Interlayer exchange coupling and current induced magnetization switching in magnetic tunnel junctions with MgO wedge barrier

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Skowroński, Witold ^a   Stobiecki, Tomasz ^a   Wrona, Jerzy ^a   Rott, Karsten ^b   Thomas, Andy ^b   Reiss, Günter ^b   Van Dijken, Sebastiaan ^c  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER THICKNESS; CURRENT-INDUCED MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; ENERGY INCREASE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INTERLAYER EXCHANGE COUPLING; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; MGO BARRIER; NANOPILLARS; RESISTANCE-AREA PRODUCTS; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; THEORETICAL ESTIMATION; TUNNEL CURRENTS; TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EXCHANGE COUPLING; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 79251518065     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3387992     Document Type: Article

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