Magnetic behaviour investigation on symmetric spin valves of Co/Cu/NiFe and NiFe/Cu/Co
Magnetic behaviour investigation on symmetric spin valves of Co／Cu／NiFe and NiFe／Cu／Co

In this paper, we have obtained and investigated the magnetic behaviours of the ferromagnetic layer in the symmetric spin valves of Co/Cu/NiFe and NiFe/Cu/Co by measuring with a vibrating sample magnetometer and analysing in terms of the multi-domain Ising models. It has been found that some magnetic layer can have quite different magnetic behaviours in different structures of spin valves, depending on the properties of the under-layer. In our investigation, we have found that the magnetic behaviour of a Co layer depends mainly on the magnetization of the under-layer, whereas this is not the case for the NiFe layer.