Asymmetric giant magnetoresistance in Co10Cu90 magnetic granular alloys

R. H. Yu*, X. X. Zhang, J. Tejada, J. Zhu

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Abstract

We have observed a type of giant magnetoresistance (GMR) in magnetic granular Co10Cu90 alloys. The asymmetric GMR depends strongly on the size of magnetic Co particles, which exhibit superparamagnetic behavior at given measured temperature. The asymmetric GMR points to a metastable state that develops when the sample is field-cooled, which is lost after recycling. We propose that high-field cooling produces more effective parallel alignment of small unblocked Co particle moments and interfacial magnetizations, which contributes to the further decrease of the resistance in comparison with the samples zero-field-cooled, and then applied to the same field.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)R6987-R6990
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume52
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics

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