Critical thickness effects of NiFeCr-CoFe seed layers for spin valve multilayers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 40, Issue 4 II, 2004, Pages 2209-2211

  Lee, Chih Ling ^a   Devasahayam, Adrian J ^a   Hu, Chih Ching ^a   Zhang, Yingbo ^a   Mao, Ming ^a   Kools, Jacques C S ^a   Rook, Katrina ^a  

^a VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thickness; NiFeCr; PtMn; Seedlayer; Spin valve

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON TUBES; FERROMAGNETISM; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTILAYERS; RELIABILITY; STACKING FAULTS; THICKNESS CONTROL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRITICAL THICKNESS; NIFECR; PTMN; SEEDLAYER; SPIN VALVE;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 4444320146     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2004.829245     Document Type: Article

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