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We recently reported the observation of a very large magnetoresistance in (001)Fe/(001)Cr superlattices grown by MBE. The magnetoresistance is found to be very large for thin Cr layers. We ascribe this magnetoresistance to a magnetic gate effect.
We recently reported the observation of a very large magnetoresistance in (001)Fe/(001)Cr superlattices with thin Cr layers [1]. A large magnetoresitance has also been observed in Fe/Cr/Fe sandwhiches [2]. In both cases, for Cr layers thinner than about 30 Å an antiparallel coupling of the magnetization of neighbor Fe layers is indicated by magnetic, magneto-optic and light scattering measurements [1–3]. It thus turns out that the large magnetoresistance os associated with the change to parallel alignment in an applied field. In this paper, we present new data on the magnetic and transport properties of Fe/Cr superlattics and we concentrate on the discussion of the microscopic origin of the magnetoresistance
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Barthelemy, A., Baibich, M.N., Broto, J.M. et al. Giant Magnetoresistance of (001) Fe / (001) Cr Superlattices. MRS Online Proceedings Library 151, 43–48 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-151-43
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