Magnetic structures of giant magnetoresistance systems, Fe/Cr and NiFe/Cu/Co/Cu, studied by neutron diffraction

doi:10.1016/0304-8853(93)90594-R

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volume 126, Issues 1–3, September 1993, Pages 255-256

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Antiparallel alignment states are confirmed in Fe/Cr and NiFe(Permalloy)/Cu/Co/Cu multilayers by polarized neutron diffraction. The magnetoresistance change is quantitatively related to the square of the difference of magnetization vectors of two magnetic layers when the magnetic structures are regarded as single domains.

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Magnetic structures of giant magnetoresistance systems, Fe/Cr and NiFe/Cu/Co/Cu, studied by neutron diffraction

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