Improvement of magnetoresistive character of NiO/NiFeCo/Cu/NiFeCo exchange-biased spin-valves through annealing in magnetic field

Chinese Physics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-67

  Lu, Zhi Hong ^a   Li, Tie ^a   Qiu, Jin Jun ^b   Xun, Kun ^a   Shen, Hong Lie ^a   Li, Zuo Yi ^b   Shen, De Fang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETORESISTANCE; NICKEL;

AS-DEPOSITED FILMS; AS-DEPOSITED MULTILAYERS; ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATION; EXCHANGE FIELDS; EXCHANGE-BIASED SPIN VALVES; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MAGNETORESISTIVE; MAGNETORESISTIVE CURVES; SPIN-VALVE MULTILAYERS; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

NICKEL OXIDE;

EID: 0033421025     PISSN: 0256307X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/16/1/023     Document Type: Article

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