Influence of the nature of the buffer on the coupling and the transport properties in Co/Ru/Co sandwiches.

Authors :: Colis, S.
Dinia, A.
Deck, D.
Schmerber, G.
Da Costa, V.
Source :: Journal of Applied Physics; 8/1/2000, Vol. 88 Issue 3, p1552, 7p, 1 Chart, 6 Graphs
Publication Year :: 2000
Abstract: Reports that a series of Co/Ru/Co sandwiches has been prepared by ion beam sputtering on a glass substrate using different buffer layers in order to optimize the antiferromagnetic (AF) coupling strength and the giant magnetoresistance signal. Nonmagnetic buffers; Magnetic buffers; Comparison between Ru and Fe/Co/Cu buffers; Magnetotransport results; Atomic force microscopy.

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