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Microstructural Studies of Sputtered Co90Fe10/Ag GMR Multilayers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

J.D. Jarratt ,
T.J. Klemmer  and
J.A. Barnard
J.D. Jarratt
Affiliation:
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487–0202.
T.J. Klemmer
Affiliation:
The Center for Materials for Information Technology and The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487–0202.
J.A. Barnard
Affiliation:
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487–0202.
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Abstract

The microstructure of Co90Feio/Ag giant magnetoresistive multilayer films has been investigated using x-ray diffraction (XRD) and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy. Columnar grains with a (111) fiber growth texture is observed. A comparison is made between the observed layering structure and earlier multilayer schematics based on the literature and magnetic and magnetoresistive measurements as a function of layer thickness. A direct correlation is made between superlattice satellite peak signals from selected area electron diffraction patterns and XRD scans.

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