Thermally evaporated Cu-Co top spin valve with random exchange bias

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Chiolerio, Alessandro ^a   Allia, Paolo ^a   Chiodoni, Angelica ^a   Pirri, Fabrizio ^a   Celegato, Federica ^b   Coïsson, Marco ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; DIAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION; NICKEL OXIDE; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; THERMAL EVAPORATION; THIN FILMS;

EXCHANGE-BIASING MATERIAL; MULTILAYER ROUGHNESS; POLYMERIC MATRIX; RANDOM EXCHANGE BIAS; STACK; THIN LAYERS;

COPPER ALLOYS;

EID: 34547332145     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2749289     Document Type: Article

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