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Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

Since the discovery of the Tunnel Magneto Resistance (TMR) in 1975 [73] and especially in the last two decades, the interest in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions (MTJ) grew quickly. Besides the work to create a Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM), MTJs were already used for magnetic biosensor applications [114]. This section will introduce the basic theory needed for a description of MTJs.



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2005-07-23