January 1, 1996
Author(s)
William F. Egelhoff Jr., P J. Chen, Cedric J. Powell, Mark Stiles, Robert McMichael, C Lin, J Sivertsen, J Judy, K Takano, A Berkowitz, T Anthony, J Brug
We have attempted to optimize the values of the giant magnetoresistance in symmetric spin valves of the type NiO/Co/Cu/Co/Cu/Co/NiO (achieving 23.4%) and in bottom spin valves of the type Co/Cu/Co/NiO (achieving 17.0%), the largest values ever reported for