• DocumentCode
    1387039
  • Title

    Identifying phenomenological magnetoresistive properties of spin valves

  • Author

    Oti, J.O. ; Kim, Y.K. ; Shand, P.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Electromagn. Technol., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    4609
  • Lastpage
    4611
  • Abstract
    A methodology for identifying essential magnetoresistive parameters of spin valves is presented. The method uses a formulation of the magnetoresistance of a magnetic layer that incorporates the magnetic and transport properties of the device in a phenomenological way. Experimental data are used in conjunction with the formulation to obtain magnetoresistive parameters. The method is shown to accurately characterize a set of NiFe/Cu/NiFe spin-valve devices
  • Keywords
    copper; ferromagnetic materials; giant magnetoresistance; iron alloys; magnetic multilayers; magnetisation; magnetoresistive devices; nickel alloys; soft magnetic materials; NiFe-Cu-NiFe; giant magnetoresistance; magnetisation; magnetoresistance; mean free path; phenomenological magnetoresistive properties; spin diffusion length; spin-valve devices; transport properties; Electrons; Giant magnetoresistance; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic devices; Magnetic flux; Magnetic properties; Magnetic separation; Magnetization; Particle scattering; Spin valves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.539094
  • Filename
    539094