Perpendicular-Current Transport in Exchange-Biased Spin-Valves

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 5 PART 2, 1997, Pages 3505-3510

  Pratt, W P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EXCHANGE BIASED (EB) SPIN VALVES;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0031224446     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.619480     Document Type: Article

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