The number of Cu lamination effect on current-perpendicular-to-plane giant-magnetoresistance of spin valves with Fe50Co50 alloy -: art. no. 113907

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Yuasa, H [1 ]
Fukuzawa, H [1 ]
Iwasaki, H [1 ]
Sahashi, M [1 ]
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[1] Toshiba Co Ltd, Corp Res & Dev Ctr, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 2128582, Japan
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10.1063/1.1925333
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O59 [应用物理学];
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The current-perpendicular-to-plane (CPP) giant-magnetoresistance (GMR) of spin valves with Fe50Co50 alloy was investigated. It has been reported that the Cu inserted in Fe50Co50 is effective for enhancing CPP-GMR. In this paper, we investigated the number of Cu lamination effect on CPP-GMR and clarified that higher CPP-GMR is obtained by decreasing the number of Cu layers. In order to ascertain the reason for this tendency, the crystalline structure and magnetization were examined. As a result, it was found that the d spacing of Fe50Co50 increases when the number of Cu layers is increased, although saturation magnetization does not change. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
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