Magnetic and transport properties of NiFe/Ag and Co/NiFe/Co/Ag multilayers

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 15027-15035

  Cowache, C ^a   Dieny, B ^a   Chamberod, A ^a   Benizri, D ^a   Berthet, F ^a   Auffret, S ^a   Giacomoni, L ^a   Nossov, S ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

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EID: 0000828573     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.53.15027     Document Type: Article

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