Abstract
Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) of Co and Fe-Co based e-beam evaporated spin valves with Cu and Au spacers was studied. The effect of strain on samples, which is detrimental in standard GMR sensors, was measured in a bending configuration. The different dependences of coercivity Hc and magnetic field Hip in the point of inflection of MR loops vs. strain were found. For sample with Co/Au/Co core, Hc, Hip increase with increasing compressive stress, whereas for sample with FeCo/Cu/Co core they increase with tensile stress. The highest relative change of MR ratio vs. bending in the strain interval ± 300 × 10−6 is 1–2 % of the basic magnetoresistance and, practically, it does not influence the SV output.
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