Perpendicular giant magnetoresistance of Co/Cu multilayers with fluctuating Co layer thicknesses

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作者
Chiang, WC [1 ]
Loloee, R [1 ]
Pratt, WP [1 ]
Bass, J [1 ]
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[1] Michigan State Univ, Ctr Fundamental Mat Res, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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10.1557/PROC-475-451
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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J. Mathon has predicted that introducing pseudorandom fluctuations (PRF) in the Co layer thickness could greatly enhance the Current Perpendicular to the Plane (CPP) magnetoresistance (MR) of a Co/Cu superlattice with dimensions comparable to the electron mean-free-path. We have searched for CPP-MR enhancement in sputtered Co/Cu multilayers with Cu layer thicknesses near both the first and second antiferromagnetically coupled peaks in the oscillatory region of the CPP-MR. In both cases, inserting PRF only decreased the CPP-MR.
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页码:451 / 456
页数:6
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