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Effect of Highly Oriented Layer on GMR and Magnetic Properties of NiFe/Cu Thin Film Prepared by Magnetron Sputtering

Journal of Magnetics, Volume 6, Number 4, 31 Dec 2001, Pages 123-131
Yong-Goo Yoo(Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University), Seong-Cho Yu* (Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University), Seong-Gi Min(Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University), Kyeong-Sup Kim(Institute for Basic Science, Chungbuk National University), Pyung-Woo Jang(Department of Physics, Chongju University)
Abstract
In order to investigate the effect of the interface on GMR, [NiFe(25Å)/Cu(24Å)]2/Si thin film was epitaxially grown on HF-treated Si (001) substrate using a DC magnetron sputtering method. Typical GMR effects could be observed in epitaxial film with a weak antiferromagnetic exchange coupling while non epitaxial film showed unsaturated and broad MR curves probably due to inter-diffusion between NiFe and Cu layers. Ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) experiment showed two distinct absorption peaks in all films. Each peak was revealed to come from each NiFe layer with different magnetic property. In FMR measurement very clear interface in epitaxial films could be confirmed by a lower value of line width (ΔH) and higher Ms of epitaxial film than those of non epitaxial films, respectively.
Keywords: GMR; epitaxial film; FMR; antiferromagnetic
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