Study of pseudo spin valves based on L10 (111)-oriented FePt and FePtCu fixed layer with tilted magnetocrystalline anisotropy

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3491-3494

  Zha, C L ^a   Åkerman, Johan ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

L10 FePt; L10 FePtCu; Magnetoresistance (MR); Pseudo spin valve; Titled anisotropy

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COBALT ALLOYS; COPPER; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MRAM DEVICES; PLATINUM ALLOYS; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SPIN POLARIZATION; TERNARY ALLOYS;

L10 FEPTCU; L10-FEPT; LARGE ANISOTROPY; PSEUDO SPIN VALVES; PSEUDO-SPIN-VALVE STRUCTURES; SPACER THICKNESS; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; SPIN-TORQUE OSCILLATORS;

IRON ALLOYS;

EID: 70350577047     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2022317     Document Type: Article

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