Magnetic and magnetoresistive properties of NiFe/Au/Co/Au multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy of Co layers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Urbaniak, M ^a   Stobiecki, F ^a   Szymanski B ^a   Ehresmann, A ^b   Maziewski, A ^c   Tekielak, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 33846269999     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2403972     Document Type: Article

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