ABSTRACT
Density Reduction by Insertion of a Thin Ru Layer ..................................115 5.4 CPP-GMR Ratio Enhancement by Inserting Ru Cap Layer.......................119 5.5 Summary ......................................................................................................122 Acknowledgment ...................................................................................................122 References..............................................................................................................123
There has been considerable interest in ferromagnetic structures with nanometer scale lateral dimensions, mainly because these systems have the potential to provide spintronic devices such as magnetic random access memories (MRAMs) and magnetoresistive read heads.
