OSCILLATORY MAGNETIC EXCHANGE COUPLING THROUGH THIN COPPER LAYERS

被引:1224
作者
PARKIN, SSP
BHADRA, R
ROCHE, KP
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[1] IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA 95120-6099
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.2152
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Confirming theoretical predictions more than 25 years old, we show that Co slabs are indirectly exchanged coupled via thin Cu layers with a coupling that alternates back and forth between antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic. Four oscillations are observed with a period of congruent-to 10 angstrom. Moreover, the antiferromagnetically coupled Co/Cu superlattices exhibit extraordinarily large saturation magnetoresistances at 300 K of more than 65%.
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