Perpendicular giant magnetoresistance and magnetic switching properties of a single spin valve with a synthetic antiferromagnet as a free layer

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 2244261-2244267

  Jiang, Y ^a   Abe, S ^a   Nozaki, T ^a   Tezuka, N ^a   Inomata, K ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPLEX; IRON COMPLEX; METAL COMPLEX; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; THICKNESS;

EID: 0742322699     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.224426     Document Type: Article

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