Low Field Giant Magnetoresistance Behavior in Co/Cu92Mn8/Co Structures
Author(s) -
Hui Wang,
Rong Cao,
Weimin Zheng,
Jin Qing-Yuan,
Xia Yu-Xing,
Fuming Li,
Zhu Xiang-Rong,
Honglie Shen,
JIN XIAO-FENG
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
acta physica sinica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.48.144
Subject(s) - giant magnetoresistance , materials science , condensed matter physics , saturation (graph theory) , magnetoresistance , field (mathematics) , magnetic field , physics , mathematics , combinatorics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
The giant magnetoriesistance (GMR) effects in sandwiched Co/Cu/Co and Co/CuMn/Co structures have been investigated. The GMR oscillates with the spacer thickness for both cases, but nearly antiphased. With diluted Mn atoms in the Cu spacer, the GMR curve as a function of the magnetic field changes a lot, and the saturation/switching field for GMR can be reduced greatly compared with that in Co/Cu/Co systems. This may suggest one way to obtain a highly sensitive GMR.
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