Dependence of GMR on NiFe layer thickness in high sensitive simple spin valve

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 905-908

  Qu, B J ^a   Ren, T L ^a   Liu, H R ^a   Liu, L T ^a   Li, Z J ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Giant magnetoresistance (GMR); Ni 81Fe 19; Simple spin valve; Thickness dependence

Indexed keywords

NI81FE19; SIMPLE SPIN VALVES; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE;

COERCIVE FORCE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OPTIMIZATION; SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIALS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 27744516036     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.847937     Document Type: Article

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