Determination of layer-resolved composition, magnetization, and electronic structure of an Fe/MgO tunnel junction by standing-wave core and valence photoemission

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Yang, See Hun ^a   Balke, Benjamin ^b,c,f   Papp, Christian ^b,c,g   Döring, Sven ^d   Berges, Ulf ^d   Plucinski, L ^e   Westphal, Carsten ^d   Schneider, Claus M ^e   Parkin, Stuart S P ^a   Fadley, Charles S ^b,c  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 82455209454     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.184410     Document Type: Article

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