Role of heterostructures and multiple magnetic phases in the low-field magnetization of Fe-Cr giant magnetoresistive multilayers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Patel, R S ^a   Majumdar, A K ^a,b   Nigam, A K ^c   Temple, D ^d   Pace, C ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b S N BOSE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BASIC SCIENCES   (India)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^d MCNC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD-COOLED (FC); GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE MULTILAYERS; IRREVERSIBILITY TEMPERATURE; ZERO-FIELD-COOLED (ZFC);

CHROMIUM; GLASS TRANSITION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ION BEAM ASSISTED DEPOSITION; IRON; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 33846075242     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2405733     Document Type: Article

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