INTERFACE SCATTERING AND THE GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE OF MBE-GROWN CO/CU SUPERLATTICES

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作者
HALL, MJ
HICKEY, BJ
HOWSON, MA
HAMMOND, C
WALKER, MJ
WRIGHT, DG
GREIG, D
WISER, N
机构
[1] UNIV LEEDS,SCH MAT,LEEDS LS2 9JT,W YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND
[2] BAR ILAN UNIV,RAMAT GAN,ISRAEL
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10.1088/0953-8984/4/36/005
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
A study has been carried out of the effect of interface scattering on the magnitude of the giant magnetoresistance (MR) of MBE-grown Co/Cu superlattices. We find that increasing interface scattering by annealing the Co/Cu superlattice leads to a progressive decrease in the magnitude of the MR. In contrast to our results, it was recently reported that annealing increases the MR for Fe/Cr superlattices. An explanation is presented in terms of the spin dependence of interface scattering which accounts both for our data for the Co/Cu system, as well as for the opposite results obtained for the Fe/Cr system.
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