Control of ferromagnetic coupling by in situ interface modification

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7687-7691

  Nickel, Janice H ^a   Tran, Lung ^a   Portier, Xavier ^b   Petford Long, Amanda K ^c  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC COUPLING; LATTICE MISMATCH; STRAIN RELAXATION;

FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA ETCHING; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

MAGNETIC COUPLINGS;

EID: 0348195861     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1629388     Document Type: Article

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