Physical Review Letters · 1990 · 2.7K citations · 4 references
Natural SciencesMaterials SciencePhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsMagnetic MaterialsMetallic MaterialsAntiferromagnetismExchange InteractionsFerromagnetic MaterialsMagnetic Properties Of SolidsMagnetism In SolidsMetalsAntiferromagnetic CouplingExchange CouplingInterlayer CouplingInterlayer Exchange CouplingLayer Thickness EffectsMagnetic HeterostructuresMagnetoresistanceSuperlattices
We report the discovery of antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange coupling and enhanced saturation magnetoresistance in two new metallic superlattice systems, Co/Cr and Co/Ru. In these systems and in Fe/Cr superlattices both the magnitude of the interlayer magnetic exchange coupling and the saturation magnetoresistance are found to oscillate with the Cr or Ru spacer layer thickness with a period ranging from 12 \AA{} in Co/Ru to \ensuremath{\simeq}18--21 \AA{} in the Fe/Cr and Co/Cr systems.
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