The electron transport properties of hybrid ferromagnetic| normal metal structures such as
multilayers and spin valves depend on the relative orientation of the magnetization direction …

One hundred and one years after JJ Thomson was awarded the Nobel Prize for the
discovery of the electron, the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to Professors Peter …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the physics of giant magneto resistance (GMR).
The chapter emphasizes the role of the spin-polarized electronic band structure that is …

The theoretical and experimental studies of the giant magnetoresistance effect in metallic
magnetic multilayers with measuring current perpendicular to the interface planes are …

Since the discovery of antiferromagnetic type interlayer coupling in 1986 and of 'Giant
Magnetoresistance'in 1988. numerous systems have been investigated. Here we give a …

Publisher Summary Magnetoresistance (MR) is the change in electrical resistance of a
material in response to a magnetic field. All metals have an inherent, albeit small, MR owing …

Carefully tailored Fe/Cr epitaxial superlattices with extremely thin Fe layers have been
grown on MgO (100) by molecular beam epitaxy. The low‐angle x‐ray spectra reveal the …

Spin-polarized electron tunnelling from ferromagnetic Fe and Co films is modelled within a
quantum-mechanical treatment of the electronic transport and a tight-binding approximation …

The ballistic transport properties of magnetic metallic multilayers are studied using
calculations based on the local-spin-density approximation in which the s electrons and the …

Over the last decade, the construction and analysis of spintronic devices have been
explored. This mini-review focuses on the basic spintronic phenomena such as giant …