The trade-off between large magnetoresistance and small coercivity in symmetric spin valves

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 8603-8606

  Egelhoff Jr , W F ^a   Chen, P J ^a   Powell, C J ^a   Stiles, M D ^a   McMichael, R D ^a   Lin, C L ^b   Sivertsen, J M ^b   Judy, J H ^c   Takano, K ^d   Berkowitz, A E ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000350039     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.362457     Document Type: Review

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