[Ni / Fe / Cu] and [Fe / Ni / Fe / Cu] multilayers were prepared with three gun rf-magnetron sputtering, and dependence of magnetoresistance on the Ni / Fe thickness ratio was investigated. Vaccum annealing was tried to invetigated the effect of annea...
[Ni / Fe / Cu] and [Fe / Ni / Fe / Cu] multilayers were prepared with three gun rf-magnetron sputtering, and dependence of magnetoresistance on the Ni / Fe thickness ratio was investigated. Vaccum annealing was tried to invetigated the effect of annealing. Oscillation of magnetoresistance on the Cu spacer thickness was dbserved in these two kinds of multilayers. When the thickness of Fe inserted into the Ni / Cu interface was about 3 Å, the maximwn value of magnetoresistance(13 %) could be observed. In a sample of 1~2 Å Fe thickness, saturation field decreased significantly, while magnetoresistace decreased slightly in comparison with the sample of 3 Å Fe. In [Cu(23 Å) / Fe(1 Å) / Ni(18 Å) / Fe(1 Å)]_(20) / Fe(80 Å) / Si, 6 % magnetoresistance with 100 Oe saturation field could be obtained. No appreciable change in magnetoresistance and saturation field could be observed by low temperature annealing. Formation of Ni-Fe alloy was not confirmed.