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Nanoscale analysis of a Co-SrTiO3 interface in a Magnetic tunnel junction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

J.-L. Maurice ,
F. Pailloux ,
D. Imhoff ,
J.-P. Contour ,
A. Barthélémy ,
M. Bowen ,
C. Colliex  and
A. Fert
J.-L. Maurice
Affiliation:
Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales, 91404 Orsay, France
F. Pailloux
Affiliation:
Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales, 91404 Orsay, France
D. Imhoff
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
J.-P. Contour
Affiliation:
Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales, 91404 Orsay, France
A. Barthélémy
Affiliation:
Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales, 91404 Orsay, France
M. Bowen
Affiliation:
Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales, 91404 Orsay, France
C. Colliex
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
A. Fert
Affiliation:
Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales, 91404 Orsay, France
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Abstract

We use High Resolution Electron Microscopy together with Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy to analyze the crystallography and the chemical configuration of a Co/SrTiO3 interface in a Co/SrTiO3/La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 magnetic tunnel junction.

PACS: 75.47.-m, 75.70.Cn, 68.37.Lp, 79.20.Uv

Keywords

tunnel magnetoresistanceHRTEMEELS
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 746: Symposia Q/R – Magnetoelectronics-Novel Magnetic Phenomena in Nanostructures – Advanced Characterization of Artificially Structured Magnetic Materials , 2002 , R3.2
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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