Doping effects of a nano-nitride layer at the interfaces of a NiO/Co/Cu/Co/Cu structure

  • Z. C. Zhao
  • , H. Wang*
  • , S. Q. Xiao
  • , X. X. Zhong
  • , Y. Z. Gu
  • , Y. X. Xia
  • , Q. Y. Jin
  • , X. S. Wu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

NiO/Co/Cu/Co/Cu spin valves with a doped nano-nitride layer (NNL) at different interfaces have been investigated. The positions of the NNL have a significant influence on magnetoresistance (MR). When the NNL is doped at the top interface with the resulting structure of NiO/Co/Cu/Co/NNL/Cu, the MR is higher than that of the non-doped structure, while MR becomes relatively small when the NNL is doped at the bottom interface between NiO and Co. A detailed analysis is given. This study might be considered as useful for furthering understanding of how to tailor MR with NNLs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)956-962
Number of pages7
JournalPhysica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science
Volume203
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2006
Externally publishedYes

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