Giant magnetoresistance, microstructure, and application characteristics of amorphous CoNbZr-based pseudo-spin valves

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1634-1637

  Wen, Qi Ye ^a   Zhang, Huai Wu ^a   Tang, Xiao Li ^a   Zhong, Zhi Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Amorphous magnetic films; Giant magnetoresistance; Pseudo spin valve

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COBALT ALLOYS; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETOSTATICS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

AMORPHOUS MAGNETIC FILMS; PSEUDO-SPIN-VALVE; SOFT MAGNETIC LAYER; SPINTRONIC DEVICES;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33744782303     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.871898     Document Type: Article

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