THE ROLE OF INTERFACES IN NIFE CU/NIFE SPIN VALVES/

Authors
NOZIERES JP SPERIOSU VS GURNEY BA DIENY B LEFAKIS H HUANG TC
Citation
Jp. Nozieres et al., THE ROLE OF INTERFACES IN NIFE CU/NIFE SPIN VALVES/, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 121(1-3), 1993, pp. 386-389
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
03048853
Volume
121
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
386 - 389
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(1993)121:1-3<386:TROIIN>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A sharp decrease of the giant magnetoresistance amplitude by interface roughening is observed in NiFe/Cu/NiFe/FeMn spin valves, which we att ribute to the presence of high resistivity, compositionally intermixed regions at the NiFe/Cu interfaces. These results show that interfacia l spin independent scattering must be included in the theory of GMR.