Magnetic Heterostructures : Advances and Perspectives in Spinstructures and Spintransport
- Author
- Hartmut Zabel, Samuel D. Bader
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Physics
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Magnetic heterostructures constitute an important field in magnetism and nanotechnology, which has developed over the past fifteen years due to important advances in epitaxial- growth techniques and lithographic processes. Magnetic heterostructures combine different physical properties which do not exist in nature. Examples are semiconductors/ferromagnets, superconductors/ferromagnets, and ferromagnets/antiferromagnets. These combinations display rich and novel physical properties different from those that exit in any single one of them. Interlayer exchange coupling, exchange bias, proximity effects, giant magneto-resistance, tunneling magneto-resistance, spininjection and spintransport are examples of new physical phenomena that rely on the combination of different materials layers
Keywords: Physics and Astronomy / Magnetic heterostructures / Magnetic interfaces / Magnetic nanostructures / Magneto-electronics / Proximity effects / Semiconductor / Spin injection / Superconductor / Thin magnetic films / Metal / Spintronics / Condensed Matter Physics
