In-Situ Magnetoresistance Measurements on Spin Valve Elements Combined with Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 5 PART 2, 1997, Pages 3574-3579

  Portier, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MANGANESE ALLOYS; METALLIC FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LORENTZ TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PINNING LAYERS; SPIN VALVE STRUCTURES;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0031220696     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.619502     Document Type: Article

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