Perpendicular giant magnetoresistance of magnetic multilayers

Advances in Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 285-445

  Gijs, Martin A M ^a   Bauer, Gerrit E W ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; METALS; MULTILAYERS;

ELECTRON GAS; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS;

MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 0031143976     PISSN: 00018732     EISSN: 14606976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00018739700101518     Document Type: Article

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