Effects of perpendicular anisotropy on the interlayer coupling in perpendicularly magnetized [PdCo] Cu [CoPd] spin valves

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Thiyagarajah, Naganivetha ^a   Bae, Seongtae ^a   Joo, Ho Wan ^b   Han, Young Chul ^c   Kim, Jongryoul ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Sangji University   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIZATION; MULTILAYERS;

ANGLE DEVIATION; INTERLAYER COUPLING; SPIN VALVES;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 39349111798     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2839596     Document Type: Article

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