High current density self-field effects and low-frequency noise in NiFe/Ag GMR multilayers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 5 PART 2, 1996, Pages 4684-4686

  Kirschenbaum, L S ^a   Rogers, C T ^a   Beale, P D ^a   Russek, S E ^b   Sanders, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETORESISTANCE; NICKEL ALLOYS; SILVER; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THIN FILM DEVICES;

ANTIPARALLEL MAGNETIC ALIGNMENT; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; HIGH CURRENT DENSITY SELF FIELD EFFECTS; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MICROMAGNETIC STRUCTURE; NICKEL IRON ALLOYS;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 0030246053     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.539118     Document Type: Article

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