Spin valves with NiO pinning layer

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 5 PART 2, 1996, Pages 4657-4659

  Everitt, B A ^a   Wang, D ^a   Daughton, J M ^a  

^a NVE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COMPOSITION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIAS FIELDS; GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE EFFECT; INTERLAYER COUPLING; SPIN VALVES;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0030245505     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.539109     Document Type: Article

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