GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE IN NONMULTILAYER MAGNETIC SYSTEMS

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XIAO, JQ
JIANG, JS
CHIEN, CL
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.3749
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O4 [物理学];
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We have observed isotropic giant magnetoresistance (GMR) in nonmultilayer magnetic systems using granular magnetic solids. We show that GMR occurs in magnetically inhomogeneous media containing nonaligned ferromagnetic entities on a microscopic scale. Thc GMR is determined by the orientations of the magnetization axes, the density, and the size of the ferromagnetic entities.
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