High magnetoresistance in sputtered permalloy thin films through growth on seed layers of (Ni0.81Fe0.19)1-xCrx

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1 PART 2, 2000, Pages 381-385

  Lee, W Y ^a   Toney, M F ^a   Mauri, D ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Permalloy film; Seed layer

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NICKEL ALLOYS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPIC MAGNETORESISTANCE; PERMALLOY FILM; SEED LAYER;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0033903818     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.822551     Document Type: Article

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