Boron migration due to annealing in CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB interfaces: A combined hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and x-ray absorption studies

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Rumaiz, Abdul K ^a   Jaye, C ^b   Woicik, J C ^b   Wang, Weigang ^c   Fischer, D A ^b   Jordan Sweet, J ^d   Chien, C L ^c  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALED SAMPLES; ANNEALING TIME; HARD X RAY; HARD X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; NEAR EDGE X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE; OXIDATION STATE;

ANNEALING; BORATE MINERALS; BORON; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 82955213982     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3662967     Document Type: Article

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