Thermal stability of spin valve with NiO/α-Fe2O3 bilayer antiferromagnets

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4 PART 1, 1998, Pages 954-956

  Fujikata, Junichi ^a   Hayashi, Kazuhiko ^a   Saito, Mikiko ^a   Nakada, Masafumi ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

fe2o3; Nio, spin valve; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETORESISTANCE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

SPIN VALVES;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0032121080     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.706324     Document Type: Article

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