STUDYING SPIN-DEPENDENT SCATTERING IN MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS BY MEANS OF PERPENDICULAR (CPP) MAGNETORESISTANCE MEASUREMENTS

被引:23
作者
BASS, J [1 ]
SCHROEDER, PA [1 ]
PRATT, WP [1 ]
LEE, SF [1 ]
YANG, Q [1 ]
HOLODY, P [1 ]
HENRY, LL [1 ]
LOLOEE, R [1 ]
机构
[1] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV,CTR FUNDAMENTAL MAT RES,E LANSING,MI 48824
来源
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-SOLID STATE MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY | 1995年 / 31卷 / 1-2期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
ELECTRON CONDUCTION; GALVANOMAGNETIC EFFECT; LAYER STRUCTURES; MAGNETORESISTANCE; METALS;
D O I
10.1016/0921-5107(94)08022-4
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) in multilayers composed of a ferromagnetic (F) and a non-magnetic (N) metal is usually assumed to re suit primarily from spin-orientation-dependent scattering in the bulk F metal and at the F-N interfaces, which are described by a bulk spin-asymmetry parameter beta and an interface parameter gamma. Measurements of the specific resistance, AR(t) the sample cross-sectional area A times resistance R(t), with the current perpendicular to the layer planes (CPP), can give direct access to both parameters, as well as to the important interface specific resistance, AR(F-N). We describe how these measurements are performed at low temperatures, present the equations used to derive these parameters and discuss the conditions under which these equations are valid-the most important being that the spin diffusion lengths l(sf) in the N and F metals must be much longer than the layer thicknesses and the mean free paths for momentum transfer. We test the equations against low temperature data on sputtered Co-Ag, Co-AgSn, Co-Cu and Py-Cu (Py=Ni84Fe16) multilayers, and list derived values of beta, gamma and AR(F-N) for Co-Ag, Co-Cu and Py-Cu. Asa further test, we examine how well the parameters found for the Co-Cu and Py-Cu multilayers predict the values of AR, for Co-Cu-Py-Cu multilayers in the states where neighboring Co and Py layer magnetizations are either parallel (P) or anti-parallel (AP) to each other. Lastly, Valet and Fert recently generalized these equations to shorter values of l(sf), and we show how their results can be used to derive l(sf) for AgMn and AgPt alloys.
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页数:7
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