Influence of carbon ion dose on exchange field and GMR of irradiated PtMn-based spin valves

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 2691-2693

  Lai, Chih Huang ^a   Yang, C H ^a   Niu, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exchange field; Giant magnetoresistance (GMR); Ion irradiation; PtMn based spin valves

Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FORCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MULTILAYERS; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

SPIN VALVES;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 0036761675     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.803153     Document Type: Article

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