Magnetic switching field and giant magnetoresistance effect of multilayers with synthetic antiferromagnet free layers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 310-312

  Inomata, K ^a   Nozaki, T ^a   Tezuka, N ^a   Sugimoto, S ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC INTERLAYER; ANTIPARALLEL ALIGNMENT; COHERENT ROTATION; FREE LAYERS; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE EFFECT; MAGNETIC SWITCHING; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; METAL MASKS; SPIN-VALVE TYPE; SWITCHING FIELD; SYNTHETIC ANTIFERROMAGNET FREE LAYERS; SYNTHETIC ANTIFERROMAGNETS; TRILAYERS; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM SPUTTERING;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; MULTILAYERS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 79956041641     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1490149     Document Type: Article

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