Investigation of Interface Orientation and Interface Mixing in Spin Valve Heterostructures

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 3946-3948

  Joo, Hyun Sung ^a   Atwater, Harry A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETORESISTANCE; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

INTERFACE MIXING; INTERFACE ORIENTATION; NEUTRAL BOMBARDMENT; SPIN VALVE HETEROSTRUCTURES;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0029405995     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.489825     Document Type: Article

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