A specular spin valve with discontinuous nano-oxide layers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 4410-4412

  Shen, F ^a   Xu, Q Y ^a   Yu, G H ^a   Lai, W Y ^a   Zhang, Z ^a   Lu, Z Q ^b   Pan, G ^b   Al Jibouri, Abdul ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Nordiko Technical Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LEVELS; CAPPING LAYER; MAGNETORESISTANCE RATIO; NANO-OXIDE LAYER; SOLID-STATE OXIDATION; SPECULAR SPIN VALVE; SPIN VALVE; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; OXIDATION; TANTALUM; TANTALUM OXIDES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

EID: 79955982824     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1482418     Document Type: Article

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