MgO/CoFeB/Ta/CoFeB/MgO recording structure in magnetic tunnel junctions with perpendicular easy axis

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4437-4440

  Sato, Hideo ^a   Yamanouchi, Michihiko ^a   Ikeda, Shoji ^a   Fukami, Shunsuke ^a   Matsukura, Fumihiro ^a   Ohno, Hideo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intrinsic critical current; magnetic tunnel junction; perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; spintronics; thermal stability

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT VALUES; EASY AXIS; JUNCTION SIZE; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; RECORDING LAYERS; REFERENCE LAYER;

COBALT COMPOUNDS; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

EID: 84880827060     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2013.2251326     Document Type: Article

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