Effect of various sputtering gases on giant magnetoresistance in (Co90Fe10/Cu)8 multilayers

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 161, Issue , 1996, Pages 43-48

  Gangopadhyay, Sunita ^a,e   Kief, Mark T ^b   Barnard, John A ^c   Parker, Martin R ^d  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c University of Alabama   (United States)

^d The Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Department   (United States)

^e SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annealing; Dc sputtering; Giant magnetoresistance; Interface roughness; Magnetic multilayer

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COBALT COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MULTILAYERS; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; SPUTTERING GASES;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0030205697     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-8853(96)00044-3     Document Type: Article

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