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Spin-Memory Loss in Metallic Multilayers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

W. P. Pratt Jr. ,
J.Y. Gu  and
J. Bass
W. P. Pratt Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Center for Sensor Materials, and Center for Fundamental MaterialsResearch Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1116
J.Y. Gu
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Center for Sensor Materials, and Center for Fundamental MaterialsResearch Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1116
J. Bass
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Center for Sensor Materials, and Center for Fundamental MaterialsResearch Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1116
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Abstract

We review the results of measurements of spin-memory loss (spin-flipping) at cryogenic temperatures in sputtered or electrodeposited ferromagnetic and non-magnetic metals and alloys, and at metallic interfaces, using the current perpendicular to plane (CPP) geometry.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 690: Symposium F – Spintronics , 2001 , F11.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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