RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAGNETORESISTANCE AND LATTICE UNCERTAINTY AT THE INTERFACE IN SPUTTERED FE/CR MULTILAYER FILMS

被引:36
作者
TAKANASHI, K
OBI, Y
MITANI, Y
FUJIMORI, H
机构
[1] Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Katahira, Aoba-ku
关键词
FE/CR MULTILAYER; RF-SPUTTERING; MAGNETORESISTANCE; X-RAY LINE BROADENING; INTERFACE ROUGHNESS; PARACRYSTALLINE DISORDER;
D O I
10.1143/JPSJ.61.1169
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We have investigated the relationship between the magnetoresistance and the paracrystalline disorder of lattice plane spacings at the interface in Fe/Cr multilayer films prepared by rf sputtering. The X-ray linewidths for the (110) and (220) peaks were analysed using a modified paracrystalline theory to obtain the grain size and the lattice uncertainty, which represents the degree of paracrystalline disorder. We have found that the magnetoresistance increases with decreasing lattice uncertainty.
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页码:1169 / 1172
页数:4
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