Tunnel magnetoresistance effect and magnetic damping in half-metallic Heusler alloys

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1948, 2011, Pages 3037-3053

  Oogane, M ^a   S Mizukami, ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Half metal; Heusler alloy; Magnetic damping; Tunnel magnetoresistance

Indexed keywords

HALF METALS; HALF-METALLIC; HALF-METALLICITY; HEUSLER ALLOYS; HIGH CURIE TEMPERATURE; HIGH SPIN POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC CONSTANTS; MAGNETIC DAMPING; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPINTRONIC DEVICE; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE EFFECTS;

ALLOYS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COBALT; DAMPING; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EPITAXIAL FILMS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

CERIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 80051759686     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0011     Document Type: Review

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