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In magnetoelectronic devices large opportunities are opened by the spin dependent tunneling resistance, where a strong dependence of the tunneling current on the relative orientation of the magnetization of the electrodes is found. Within a short time, the amplitude of the resistance change of the junctions increased dramatically. We will cover Al-O and MgO based junctions and present highly spin-polarized electrode materials such as Heusler alloys. Furthermore, we will give a short overview on applications such as read heads in hard disk drives, storage cells in MRAMs, field programmable logic circuits and biochips. Finally, we will discuss the currently growing field of current induced magnetization switching.
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Reiss, G., Schmalhorst, J., Thomas, A., Hütten, A., Yuasa, S. (2008). Magnetic Tunnel Junctions. In: Zabel, H., Bader, S.D. (eds) Magnetic Heterostructures. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, vol 227. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73462-8_6
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