Very large giant magnetoresistance of spin valves with specularly reflective oxide layers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 960-962

  Hong, Jongill ^a   Noma, Kenji ^b   Kanda, Eiichi ^b   Kanai, Hitoshi ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); REFLECTIVE COATINGS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

SPIN VALVES;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0042879424     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1597751     Document Type: Article

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