Oscillatory antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange coupling in Co 2Fe(Al0.5Si0.5)/Ag/Co2Fe(Al 0.5Si0.5) films and its application to trilayer magnetoresistive sensor

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Nakatani, T M ^a   Mitani, S ^a   Furubayashi, T ^a   Hono, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC INTERLAYER; ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; CPP-GMR; FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; HEUSLER ALLOYS; INTERLAYER EXCHANGE COUPLING; MAGNETO RESISTIVE SENSORS; MR RATIO; SPACER LAYER; SPIN DEPENDENT SCATTERING; TRILAYER FILM; TRILAYERS;

ALUMINUM; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXCHANGE COUPLING; MAGNETIC RECORDING; SILICON;

IRON ALLOYS;

EID: 80855137008     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3657409     Document Type: Article

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