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Giant Magnetoresistance and Oscillation in Epitaxial Fe/Cr(111) Multilayers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Wen-C. Chiang ,
David V. Baxter  and
Yang-Tse Cheng
Wen-C. Chiang
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
David V. Baxter
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
Yang-Tse Cheng
Affiliation:
General Motors Research and Development Center, Warren, MI 48090
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Abstract

We report on the first studies of the giant magnetoresistance and oscillatory coupling in epitaxial Fe/Cr(111) multilayers. A series of samples were grown on hydrogen terminated Si(111) substrates at room temperature by UHV electron beam evaporation; with the thickness of Fe layer fixed at 30 Å, and the thickness of Cr layer varied from 10–47 Å. Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) is observed at 4.2 Å in these samples, with a maximum value of 13% for a Cr layer thickness of 13 Å. The associated oscillatory coupling is comparable to that reported in other crystallographic orientations in terms of both its period and phase.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 384: Symposium L – Magnetic Ultrathin films, Multilayers and Surfaces , 1995 , 353
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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