Thermal variation of current perpendicular-to-plane giant magnetoresistance in laminated and nonlaminated spin valves

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Delille, F ^a   Manchon, A ^a   Strelkov, N ^a   Dieny, B ^a   Li, M ^b   Liu, Y ^b   Wang, P ^b   Favre Nicolin, E ^c  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b Headway Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE (GMR); SEMICLASSICAL THEORY; SPIN-MEMORY LOSS; SYNTHETIC FERRIMAGNETIC PINNED LAYERS;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FERRIMAGNETIC MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETORESISTANCE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELECTRON TUBES;

EID: 33746295345     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2210587     Document Type: Article

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