Epitaxial MgO layer for low-resistance and coupling-free magnetic tunnel junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1035-1037

  Popova, E ^a   Faure Vincent, J ^a   Tiusan, C ^a   Bellouard, C ^a   Fischer, H ^a   Hehn, M ^a   Montaigne, F ^a   Alnot, M ^a   Andrieu, S ^a   Schuhl, A ^a   Snoeck, E ^b   Da Costa, V ^c  

^a INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

^b CEMES CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIALLY GROWN; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY; INSULATING LAYERS; LOCAL IMPEDANCE; LOW RESISTANCE; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; MGO(1 0 0); SPATIAL SCALE; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 79956005999     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1498153     Document Type: Article

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