Superparamagnetic behavior and giant magnetoresistance in as-obtained Co-Ag metastable alloys

1994 ◽  
Vol 138 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 123-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Conde ◽  
C. Gómez-Polo ◽  
A. Hernando
1993 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 923-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Thompson ◽  
J. F. Gregg ◽  
C. R. Staddon ◽  
D. Daniel ◽  
S. J. Dawson ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
D. R. Liu ◽  
S. S. Shinozaki ◽  
R. J. Baird

The epitaxially grown (GaAs)Ge thin film has been arousing much interest because it is one of metastable alloys of III-V compound semiconductors with germanium and a possible candidate in optoelectronic applications. It is important to be able to accurately determine the composition of the film, particularly whether or not the GaAs component is in stoichiometry, but x-ray energy dispersive analysis (EDS) cannot meet this need. The thickness of the film is usually about 0.5-1.5 μm. If Kα peaks are used for quantification, the accelerating voltage must be more than 10 kV in order for these peaks to be excited. Under this voltage, the generation depth of x-ray photons approaches 1 μm, as evidenced by a Monte Carlo simulation and actual x-ray intensity measurement as discussed below. If a lower voltage is used to reduce the generation depth, their L peaks have to be used. But these L peaks actually are merged as one big hump simply because the atomic numbers of these three elements are relatively small and close together, and the EDS energy resolution is limited.


1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (4_2) ◽  
pp. 537-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Seyama ◽  
M. Iijima ◽  
A. Tanaka ◽  
M. Oshiki

Author(s):  
T. Kimura

This chapter discusses the spin-transfer effect, which is described as the transfer of the spin angular momentum between the conduction electrons and the magnetization of the ferromagnet that occurs due to the conservation of the spin angular momentum. L. Berger, who introduced the concept in 1984, considered the exchange interaction between the conduction electron and the localized magnetic moment, and predicted that a magnetic domain wall can be moved by flowing the spin current. The spin-transfer effect was brought into the limelight by the progress in microfabrication techniques and the discovery of the giant magnetoresistance effect in magnetic multilayers. Berger, at the same time, separately studied the spin-transfer torque in a system similar to Slonczewski’s magnetic multilayered system and predicted spontaneous magnetization precession.


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