Since the spin-valve (SV) effect was first introduced in the beginning of 1990s, the giant/tunneling magnetoresistance (GMR/TMR) SV devices have been extensively used for building blocks of spintronics and magnetic information storage technology. The main purpose of this book is to provide concrete and well-organized core knowledge on SVs covering the general physics and theories elucidating magnetism, exchange bias, and GMR/TMR SV effects, the methodologies how to prepare and to characterize the SV materials, the applications of SV devices including magnetic recording read sensor, magnetic...
Since the spin-valve (SV) effect was first introduced in the beginning of 1990s, the giant/tunneling magnetoresistance (GMR/TMR) SV devices have been ...
