MAGNETORESISTANCE AND EXCHANGE COUPLING OF FE/CR MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS - DEPENDENCE ON TEMPERATURE AND CR THICKNESS

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GIJS, MAM [1 ]
OKADA, M [1 ]
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[1] PHILIPS RES LABS,5600 JA EINDHOVEN,NETHERLANDS
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10.1016/0304-8853(92)91253-P
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T [工业技术];
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We report on magnetoresistance measurements on Fe/Cr magnetic multilayers grown by sputtering techniques. The giant magnetoresistance effect and the magnetic saturation field B(s) = mu-0 H(s) are studied as a function temperature and Cr thickness. Our experiments indicate that magnetoresistance and exchange coupling have a high sensitivity to the electronic mean free path.
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