MR enhancement in a current perpendicular-to-plane spin valve by insertion of a ferromagnetic layer within the spacer layer

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2459-2461

  Kumar, S B ^a   Tan, S G ^a   Jalil, M B A ^a   Teo, K L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Current perpendicular to plane (CPP) GMR; ferromagnetic; magnetoresistance (MR); spin valve (SV)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008047706     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.878659     Document Type: Article

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