A CrO2-based magnetic tunnel junction
- 10 February 2000
- journal article
- letter
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Vol. 12 (8) , L173-L175
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/12/8/103
Abstract
A tunnel junction based on the half-metallic oxide CrO2 uses a native oxide barrier layer and a cobalt top electrode. The I :V characteristic is fitted to the Simmons model with = 0.76 eV and t = 2.0 nm. The magnetoresistance is positive with R /R = 1.0% at 77 K.Keywords
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