Magnetoresistance in Fe-Mn/Ni-Fe-Co/Co/Cu/Co/Ni-Fe-Co sandwiches with NiO or NiO/Hf buffer layer

Materials Transactions, JIM

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1458-1463

  Nakatani, Ryoichi ^a   Hoshino, Katsumi ^a   Sugita, Yutaka ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiferromagnetic layer; Exchange bias field; Exchange biased sandwich; Film structure; Giant magnetoresistance; Interface roughness; NiO buffer layer

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; FILMS; HAFNIUM; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ION EXCHANGE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MULTILAYERS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SPUTTERING; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC LAYER; EXCHANGE BIAS FIELD; EXCHANGE BIASED SANDWICH; FILM STRUCTURE; NICKEL OXIDE BUFFER LAYER;

MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 0030234694     PISSN: 09161821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2320/matertrans1989.37.1458     Document Type: Article

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