MAGNETORESISTANCE OF MULTILAYERS WITH 2 MAGNETIC COMPONENTS

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作者
YAMAMOTO, H
OKUYAMA, T
DOHNOMAE, H
SHINJO, T
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[1] TOYOBO CORP,TOYOBO RES INST,OHTSU SHIGA 52002,JAPAN
[2] NEC CORP LTD,FUNCT DEVICES RES LAB,KAWASAKI,KANAGAWA 213,JAPAN
[3] NIPPON STEEL CORP LTD,RES & DEV LABS,NAKAHARA KU,KAWASAKI 211,JAPAN
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10.1016/0304-8853(91)90072-I
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Multilayers consisting of Cu, Co, Cu and Ni(Fe) alloy layers were prepared and magnetoresistance (MR) properties were studied. In the magnetization process, a giant ferrimagnetic state is realized at moderate external field, because of the difference of the coercive fields in the two magnetic layers and then the resistance is greatly enhanced. MR properties were examined by varying the total layer number and the Cu layer thickness. The largest MR ratio was observed in [Cu(55 angstrom)/Co(25 angstrom)/Cu(55 angstrom)/Ni80Fe20(25 angstrom)]x 15; 10% at 300 K and 28% at 80 K.
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