In-situ lorentz microscopy studies of spin-valve structures

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 2 PART 1, 1999, Pages 788-793

  Petford Long, Amanda K ^a   Portier, Xavier ^a   Tsymbal, Evgueni Yu ^a   Anthony, Thomas C ^b   Brug, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant magnetoresistance; Lorentz microscopy; Magnetisation reversal; Spin valve elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000678083     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.750646     Document Type: Article

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