MAGNETORESISTANCE EFFECTS IN SPIN-VALVE MULTILAYERS INCLUDING 3 NI-FE-CO LAYERS

被引:4
作者
NOGUCHI, S [1 ]
NAKATANI, R [1 ]
HOSHINO, K [1 ]
SUGITA, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] HITACHI MET LTD,MAGNET & ELECTR MAT RES LAB,KUMAGAYA,SAITAMA 360,JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1994年 / 33卷 / 10期
关键词
SPIN-VALVE MULTILAYER; MAGNETIC LAYER; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC LAYER; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.33.5734
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Magnetoresistance effects have been investigated in spin-valve multilayers including three Ni-Fe-Co layers. The layered structure of the spin-valve multilayers are [AF1/Ni-Fe-Co/Cu/Ni-Fe-Co/Cu/Ni-Fe-Co/AF2/Si], where AF1 and AF2 are antiferromagnetic layers. The spin-valve multilayers including three Ni-Fe-Co layers show magneto-resistance ratios Delta rho/rho of 3.7% and 5.6% at around 1.5 kA/m. These values are higher than the 2.2% of a spin-valve sandwich that includes two Ni-Fe-Co layers, [Ni-Fe-Co/Cu/Ni-Fe-Co/Fe-Mn/Cu/Hf/Si]. It is found that the total resistivity changes (Delta rho) of the spin-valve multilayers including three Ni-Fe-Co layers are twice that for the spin-valve sandwich that includes two Ni-Fe-Co layers. This is due to the fact that the number of Ni-Fe-Co/Cu interfaces in the spin-valve multilayers that include three Ni-Fe-Co layers is double that in the spin-valve sandwich that includes two Ni-Fe-Co layers.
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