Magnetic tunnel junctions with Al2O3 tunnel barriers prepared by atomic layer deposition

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 20, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Xinfei ^a   Shi, Jing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC ORDERING TEMPERATURES; JUNCTION RESISTANCES; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; METAL INSULATORS; ONSET TEMPERATURE; SRTIO; TUNNEL BARRIER; TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MANGANESE OXIDE; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84878358395     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4807132     Document Type: Article

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