Origin of the negative giant magnetoresistance effect in Co1-xCrx/Cu/Co (111) trilayers

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Bengone, O ^a,b   Eriksson, O ^a   Mirbt, S ^a   Turek, I ^c,d   Kudrnovsky J ^e   Drchal, V ^e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF MATERIALS   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONDUCTANCE; MAGNETISM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

EID: 2342437905     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.092406     Document Type: Article

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