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Effects of Argon Gas-Cluster Ion Beam Processing on Surface Roughness, Crystalline Orientation Texture, Magnetic, and Giant Magnetoresistance Properties of Α-Fe2O3 Bottom Spin-Valves

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S Bae, J H. Judy, P J. Chen, L Gan, William F. Egelhoff Jr., J Hautala

Abstract

The effects of gas-cluster ion beam (GCIB) processing on the surface roughness, crystalline orientation texture, magnetic, and giant magneto resistance (GMR) properties of exchange biased anti-ferromagnetic (AF) oxide α-Fe2O3 bottom spin-vales (BSV) have been investigated. It was found that all of these properties were strongly influenced by the GCIB processing conditions: P1=1014, P2= 3x1014, P3=1x1015 cluster ions/cm2 of pure argon gas, and p4=5x1014 cluster ions/cm2 of H2 gas.
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IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Keywords

argon gas cluster, giant magnetoresistance, ion beam processing

Citation

Bae, S. , Judy, J. , Chen, P. , Gan, L. , Egelhoff Jr., W. and Hautala, J. (2021), Effects of Argon Gas-Cluster Ion Beam Processing on Surface Roughness, Crystalline Orientation Texture, Magnetic, and Giant Magnetoresistance Properties of &#913;-Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Bottom Spin-Valves, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Accessed July 31, 2024)

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Created October 12, 2021