AVS 45th International Symposium
    Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Technical Group Wednesday Sessions

Session MI+EM-WeM
Spin-dependent Devices: Technology and Processing

Wednesday, November 4, 1998, 8:20 am, Room 324/325
Moderator: B.A. Everitt, Seagate Technology


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8:20am MI+EM-WeM1 Invited Paper
Limiting Factors in Dense Pseudo Spin Valve and Spin Dependent Tunneling Memory Arrays
A.V. Pohm, M.C. Tondra, C.A. Nordman, J.M. Anderson, Nonvolatile Electronics
9:00am MI+EM-WeM3
New Aspects of GMR Spin Valves: Enhancing Specular Electron Scattering and Using Surfactants for Improved Growth
W.F. Egelhoff, Jr., National Institute of Standards and Technology
9:20am MI+EM-WeM4
High Temperature Pinning Properties of IrMn vs. FeMn in Spin Valves
M.C. Tondra, D. Wang, Nonvolatile Electronics
9:40am MI+EM-WeM5 Invited Paper
Magnetisation Reversal Studies by TEM of Continuous and Patterned GMR Films
J.N. Chapman, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
10:20am MI+EM-WeM7 Invited Paper
Deposition and Processing of Novel GMR Structures @footnote 1@
J.R. Childress, University of Florida, Gainesville
11:00am MI+EM-WeM9
Direct-Measurement of Spin-Dependent Transport Across Ferromagnetic and Non-Magnetic Thin Films
S.K. Upadhyay, R.N. Louie, R.A. Buhrman, Cornell University
11:20am MI+EM-WeM10
Effect of Noble Gas Addition (He,Ar,Xe) on Cl@sub 2@-Based Etching of NiFe and NiFeCo
K.B. Jung, H. Cho, Y-.B. Hahn, E.S. Lambers, Y.D. Park, S.J. Pearton, University of Florida, Gainesville, J.R. Childress, IBM Almaden Research Center, M. Jenson, A.T. Hurst, Jr., Honeywell, Inc.
11:40am MI+EM-WeM11
Magnetoresistance Properties in Granular Silicide Thin Films Formed by High Dose Iron Implantation
M.F. Chiah, W.Y. Cheung, S.P. Wong, I.H. Wilson, The Chinese University of Hong Kong