@article{41fd5fe23b674e3ea89bc506a7fd8923,
title = "Bulk and interfacial scatterings in current-perpendicular-to-plane giant magnetoresistance with Co2Fe (Al0.5Si0.5) Heusler alloy layers and Ag spacer",
abstract = "We report the transport properties of a current-perpendicular-to-plane giant magnetoresistance (CPP-GMR) device with Co2Fe (Al0.5 Si0.5) (CFAS) Heusler alloy ferromagnetic layers and a Ag spacer layer. The CPP-GMR devices showed relatively high ΔRA values and MR ratios up to 17 m μ m2 and 80% at 14 K, and 8 m μ m2 and 34% at 290 K. The spin diffusion length ∼3 nm and the bulk spin asymmetry ∼0.77 for the CFAS alloy at 14 K were estimated by the Valet-Fert model, indicating a large contribution of the interfacial scattering.",
author = "Nakatani, {T. M.} and T. Furubayashi and S. Kasai and H. Sukegawa and Takahashi, {Y. K.} and S. Mitani and K. Hono",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to H. Imamura and T. Taniguchi (AIST) for the valuable discussions. This work was partly supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (Grant No. 20360322), the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research in Priority Area “Creation and control of spin current” (Grant No. 19048029), and the WPI Initiative on Materials Nanoarchitronics, MEXT, Japan. T.M.N. acknowledges NIMS for the provision of a NIMS junior research assistantship.",
year = "2010",
month = may,
day = "24",
doi = "10.1063/1.3432070",
language = "English",
volume = "96",
journal = "Applied Physics Letters",
issn = "0003-6951",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Publising LLC",
number = "21",
}