Applied Physics Letters A weekly journal featuring concise, up-to-date reports on significant new findings in applied physics. [APL Home ] [All Online Issues: Browse | Search ] [Article Purchases ] [SPIN Database: Browse | Search ] [Forthcoming Abstracts ] [HELP ] [EXIT ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article Collection: View Collection | Help (Click on the COLLECT ARTICLE to add an article.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ Previous / Next Abstract | Issue Table of Contents | Bottom of Page <#bottom> ] Applied Physics Letters -- June 10, 1991 -- Volume 58, Issue 23, pp. 2710-2712 Full Text: [ PDF (574 kB) GZipped PS ] Order ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Giant magnetoresistance in antiferromagnetic Co/Cu multilayers S. S. P. Parkin IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, California 95120-6099 Z. G. Li and David J. Smith Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85289 (Received 20 February 1991; accepted 22 March 1991) We report giant values of saturation magnetoresistance in sputtered antiferromagnetic Co/Cu multilayers containing thin Co and Cu layers 8?10 Å thick. We discuss the key importance of the buffer layer in controlling the growth of flat Co and Cu layers. As shown by cross-section transmission electron microscopy high-quality structures are found for growth on Fe buffer layers. Such structures display saturation magnetoresistance at 300 K of more than 65% with saturation fields of [approximately-equal-to]10 kOe. These values are several times larger than previously found for any magnetic material at room temperature. Applied Physics Letters is copyrighted by The American Institute of Physics. doi: 10.1063/1.104765 PACS: 73.50.Jt, 68.55.Jk, 75.70.Fr Additional Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Full Text: [ PDF (574 kB) GZipped PS ] Order The American Institute of Physics is a member of CrossRef . [ Previous / Next Abstract | Issue Table of Contents | Top of Page <#top> ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article Collection: View Collection Help (Click on the COLLECT ARTICLE to add an article.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [APL Home ] [All Online Issues: Browse | Search ] [SPIN Database: Browse | Search ] [HELP ] [EXIT ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Published by the American Institute of Physics Copyright © 2002 American Institute of Physics