THE GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE OF CO/CU SUPERLATTICES GROWN BY MBE

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作者
GREIG, D
HALL, MJ
HAMMOND, C
HICKEY, BJ
HO, HP
HOWSON, MA
WALKER, MJ
WISER, N
WRIGHT, DG
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[1] UNIV LEEDS,SCH MAT,LEEDS LS2 9JT,W YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND
[2] BAR ILAN UNIV,RAMAT GAN,ISRAEL
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10.1016/0304-8853(92)90206-4
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T [工业技术];
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We report the first observation of a giant magnetoresistance (MR) in Co/Cu superlattices grown by MBE. The maximum value of the MR is -26% and this is found in a specimen for which the copper layers are about 7 angstrom thick and which includes a thin 10 angstrom layer of gold in the buffer region between the substrate and the superlattice. From RHEED and X-ray diffraction it is shown that the metallic layers in the specimens grown in this way are extremely flat and that the orientation of the copper is (111).
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