Citation
Prieto Martin, Jose Luis and Romera Rabasa, Miguel and Akerman, Johanna and Perna, Paolo and Rodrigo, C. and Muñoz, Manuel and Bollero, Alberto and Maccariello, Davide and Fernández Cuñado, José Luis and Jiménez, E. and Mikuszeit, Nikolai and Cros, Vincent and Camarero, Julio and Miranda, Rodolfo
(2012).
Magnetization reversal signatures in the magnetoresistance of magnetic multilayers.
"Physical Review B", v. 86
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pp..
ISSN 1098-0121.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.024421.
Abstract
The simultaneous determination of magnetoresistance and vectorial-resolved magnetization hysteresis curves in a spin valve structure reveals distinct magnetoresistive features for different magnetic field orientations, which are directly related to the magnetization reversal processes. Measurements performed in the whole angular range demonstrate that the magnetoresistive response originates from the intrinsic anisotropic angular dependence of the magnetization orientation between the two ferromagnetic layers. This also provides direct proof that the spin-dependent scattering in the bulk of the magnetic layers is at the origin of the magnetoresistive signal.
