• DocumentCode
    1153017
  • Title

    Low-field giant magnetoresistance in Co/Cu, CoFe/Cu and CoNiFe/Cu multilayer systems

  • Author

    Parker, M.R. ; Hossain, S. ; Seale, D. ; Barnard, J.A. ; Tan, M. ; Fujiwara, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alabama Univ., Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    3/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    358
  • Lastpage
    363
  • Abstract
    In this paper, methods of increasing the sensitivity of the giant magnetoresistive effect are investigated. These include (111) texturing, topologically reduced coupling and appropriate alloying of Ni, Fe and Co in the magnetic layer
  • Keywords
    magnetic heads; magnetic thin film devices; magnetoresistance; magnetoresistive devices; (111) texturing; Co-Cu; Co/Cu; CoFe-Cu; CoFe/Cu; CoNiFe-Cu; CoNiFe/Cu; appropriate alloying; giant magnetoresistive effect; low-field giant magnetoresistance; magnetic layer; magnetic recording heads; multilayer systems; sensitivity; topologically reduced coupling; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Couplings; Giant magnetoresistance; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic heads; Magnetic materials; Magnetic multilayers; Magnetic separation; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Saturation magnetization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.312287
  • Filename
    312287