Ion beam deposition of mn-ir spin valves

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 3, 1999, Pages 4361-4367

  Gehanno, Véronique ^a   Freitas, Paulo P ^a   Veloso, Anabela ^b   Ferreira, Joâo ^c   Almeida, Bernardo ^d   Sousa, B ^e   Kling, A ^b   Da Suva, M F ^c  

^a INESC   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c Nordiko Technical Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Exchange coupling; Low beam deposition; Magnetoresistive materials and devices; Mnlr; Spin valves; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BINARY ALLOYS; COERCIVE FORCE; ION BEAMS; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MANGANESE ALLOYS; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ION BEAM DEPOSITION; SPIN VALVES;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0033184317     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.799086     Document Type: Article

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