TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE OF THE SPIN-DEPENDENT SCATTERING IN CO/CU MULTILAYERS DETERMINED FROM PERPENDICULAR-GIANT-MAGNETORESISTANCE EXPERIMENTS

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GIJS, MAM [1 ]
LENCZOWSKI, SKJ [1 ]
VANDEVEERDONK, RJM [1 ]
GIESBERS, JB [1 ]
JOHNSON, MT [1 ]
DESTEGGE, JBFA [1 ]
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[1] EINDHOVEN UNIV TECHNOL,DEPT PHYS,5600 MB EINDHOVEN,NETHERLANDS
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 50卷 / 22期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.16733
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T [工业技术];
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We have fabricated pillarlike microstructures in Co/Cu multilayers and measured the giant magnetoresistance effect with the current perpendicular to the multilayer plane from 4 K up to 300 K. We analyze the temperature dependence of the magnetoresistance, using a model of Fert and Campbell, originally proposed for magnetic alloys. We find that the temperature-dependent scattering rates are strongly spin dependent, which explains the relatively weak decrease with temperature of the giant magnetoresistance of Co/Cu. © 1994 The American Physical Society.
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页码:16733 / 16736
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