Phys. Rev. B 60, 3037–3039 (1999)Comparative study of the magnetoresistance of MBE-grown multilayers: [Fe/Cu/Co/Cu]N and [Fe/Cu]N[Co/Cu]NReceived 18 December 1998; published in the issue dated 1 August 1999 We have carried out measurements of the magnetic-field dependence of the magnetoresistance [MR(H)] in the current perpendicular to the plane (CPP) mode for magnetic multilayers having the following configurations: [Fe/Cu/Co/Cu]N and [Fe/Cu]N[Co/Cu]N. The two configurations had the same number, types, and thicknesses of magnetic and nonmagnetic layers; their only difference lay in the ordering of the magnetic layers. Nevertheless, the measured MR(H) curves are found to be completely different for the two configurations. The implications of these results are discussed for the spin-diffusion length. © 1999 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.60.3037
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.60.3037
PACS:
75.70.Pa, 75.70.-i, 73.40.-c
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