Abstract
Ferromagnetic tunneling effect has been investigated experimentally on the ferromagnetic-ferromagnetic metal junctions with insulator barrier such as 80NiFe/GdOx/Co and 80NiFe/AlOx/Co sandwich films fabricated by an electron beam deposition method under various conditions. Results of measurements of magnetization and magnetoresistance for several samples as a function of external magnetic field show the typical behavior for the ferromagnetic tunneling effect. The largest value of magnetoresistance ratio obtained in the present samples is 1.3%. This value is of about one-third compared to that by obtained by Miyazaki et al and far smaller than the theoretically expected value (about 10%). One of the reason of this small value may come from the quality of the barrier.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 161-164 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Science Reports of the Rerearch Institutes Tohoku University Series A-Physics |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 1996 Mar 1 |
Keywords
- Ferromagnetic tunneling effect
- Magnetoresistance
- NiFe/AlO/Co
- NiFe/GdO/Co
- Tunnel junction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Metals and Alloys