Current-perpendicular-to-plane giant magnetoresistance in submicron pseudo-spin-valve devices

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 21, 2005, Pages

  Leung, C W ^a,b   Bell, C ^a,c   Burnell, G ^a   Blamire, M G ^a  

^a Department of Materials Science and IRC in Nanotechnology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 29744467878     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.212409     Document Type: Article

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