Influence of contact geometry on the magnetoresistance of elliptical rings

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Morecroft, D ^a   Castano F J ^a   Jung, W ^a   Feuchtwanger, J ^a   Ross, C A ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT GEOMETRY; ELLIPTICAL RINGS; NIFE SINGLE LAYER; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MULTILAYERS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 33646433761     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2199470     Document Type: Article

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