TY - JOUR
T1 - Interlayer coupling and magnetoresistance of multilayered structures
AU - Levy, Peter M.
AU - Shi, Zhu Pei
AU - Zhang, Shufeng
AU - Camblong, Horacio E.
AU - Fry, John L.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Bob Celotta, Dan Pierce and John Unguris for useful discussions. This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research grant no. N00014-91-J-1695, the New York University Technology Transfer Fund and the New York University Research Challenge Fund.
PY - 1993/3/2
Y1 - 1993/3/2
N2 - The spin polarization of conduction electrons in paramagnetic layers due to adjacent magnetic layers has been recently observed for copper spacer layers, and in a chromium wedge-like film on top of an iron whisker. Also, we explain the relation of this spin polarization to the indirect coupling of the magnetic layers through paramagnetic spacer layers. We show that the effect of spin-dependent potentials in magnetic multilayers is far more pronounced for CPP-MR than for CIP-MR. This can add to the difference between CIP-MR and CPP-MR that is due to the spin-dependent scattering in the multilayers.
AB - The spin polarization of conduction electrons in paramagnetic layers due to adjacent magnetic layers has been recently observed for copper spacer layers, and in a chromium wedge-like film on top of an iron whisker. Also, we explain the relation of this spin polarization to the indirect coupling of the magnetic layers through paramagnetic spacer layers. We show that the effect of spin-dependent potentials in magnetic multilayers is far more pronounced for CPP-MR than for CIP-MR. This can add to the difference between CIP-MR and CPP-MR that is due to the spin-dependent scattering in the multilayers.
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U2 - 10.1016/0304-8853(93)91220-2
DO - 10.1016/0304-8853(93)91220-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:43949168254
VL - 121
SP - 357
EP - 361
JO - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
JF - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
SN - 0304-8853
IS - 1-3
ER -