Giant magnetoresistance of current-perpendicular exchange-biased spin-valves of Co/Cu

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4 PART 1, 1998, Pages 939-941

  Reilly, A C ^a   Chiang, W C ^a   Park, W ^a   Hsu, S Y ^b   Loloee, R ^b   Steenwyk, S ^b   Pratt, W P ^c   Bass, J ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant magnetoresistance; Magnetic multilayers; Spin valve

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COPPER; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; METALLIC FILMS; MULTILAYERS; SPUTTER DEPOSITION;

CURRENT PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE (CPP) EXCHANGE BIASED SPIN VALVES;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0032114806     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.706320     Document Type: Article

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