Vovk, Vitaliy: Thermal stability of Py/Cu and Co/Cu giant magnetoresistance (GMR) multilayer systems. 2007
Inhalt
- Summary
- Introduction
- Theoretical background
- Magnetic interactions in thin film systems
- Magnetoresistance (MR) effects
- Ordinary- (OMR) and anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR)
- Giant magnetoresistance (GMR)
- Tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR)
- Colossal magnetoresistance (CMR)
- Aspects of thin film growth and microstructure evolution
- Surface- and interface energy
- Deposition modes and film microstructure
- Classification of stresses in thin films
- Stresses in polycrystalline films
- Stresses in epitaxial systems
- Texture evolution during recrystallization
- Linear elasticity theory
- Experimental methods
- Introduction to field ion microscopy (FIM) and tomographic atom probe (TAP) methods
- FIM
- TAP
- X-ray diffraction (XRD) characterization
- Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterization
- Sample preparation
- Thermal behavior of Co/Cu multilayer system as studied by TAP
- Texture transformation under annealing
- Experimental background
- Microstructure characterization of Py/Cu system
- Driving force for texture reorientation
- Discussion
- Mechanisms of GMR deterioration in a Co/Cu multilayer system
- Mismatch induced recrystallization of Py/Cu and Co/Cu multilayer systems
- Conclusions
- Appendices
- Auxiliary tables for TAP acquisition data evaluation
- Equilibrium binary alloy phase diagrams
- GMR multilayer systems investigated during preliminary study
- List of tables
- Bibliography
- Publications and conferences
- Acknowledgements