Enhancement of Magnetoresistance Characteristics in Spin Valve Structures by Two-Step Sputter Deposition

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1423-1425

  Park, Chang Min ^a   Shin, Kyung Ho ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; NICKEL ALLOYS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SPUTTER DEPOSITION;

SPIN VALVE MULTILAYERS;

METALLIC SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 0032119503     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.706569     Document Type: Article

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