INTERFACE-SELECTIVE DETERMINATION OF SPIN-DEPENDENT SCATTERING

Authors
SWAGTEN HJM STRIJKERS GJ VERSCHUEREN GLJ WILLEKENS MMH DEJONGE WJM
Citation
Hjm. Swagten et al., INTERFACE-SELECTIVE DETERMINATION OF SPIN-DEPENDENT SCATTERING, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 176(2-3), 1997, pp. 169-174
Citations number
14
Journal title
Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
03048853
Volume
176
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
169 - 174
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(1997)176:2-3<169:IDOSS>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Spin-valve structures on top of which a thick non-magnetic back layer is deposited are introduced as a straightforward experimental tool to detect unambiguously the presence of an interfacial contribution to sp in-dependent scattering for giant magnetoresistance. The interface-sel ectivity is evidenced by an analytical treatment of the Boltzmann equa tion and is illustrated in both Co/Cu/Co and Ni80Fe20/Cu/Ni80Fe20 spin -engineered structures. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights rese rved.