Transport and magnetic properties of CPP-GMR sensor with CoMnSi Heusler alloy

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 11 PART 2, 2008, Pages 3584-3587

  Mizuno, Tomohito ^a   Tsuchiya, Yoshihiro ^a   Machita, Takahiko ^a   Hara, Shinji ^a   Miyauchi, Daisuke ^a   Shimazawa, Kouji ^a   Chou, Tsutomu ^a   Noguchi, Kiyoshi ^a   Tagami, Katsumichi ^a  

^a TDK CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Current perpendicular to plane (CPP); Giant magneto resistance (GMR); Heusler alloys; Magnetic recording

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; COPPER METALLOGRAPHY; GALVANOMAGNETIC EFFECTS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MANGANESE ALLOYS; SILICON; SPIN POLARIZATION;

B2 STRUCTURES; CONTACT REGIONS; CURRENT PERPENDICULAR TO PLANE; HEUSLER ALLOY FILMS; HEUSLER ALLOYS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING METHOD; STRUCTURAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; TRANSPORT AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES;

SILICON ALLOYS;

EID: 67949119405     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.2001655     Document Type: Article

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