Abstract:
Co
xAg
100-x granular films were grown on the substrates of glass and silicon using the UHV electron beam evaporation system. It was found that at room temperature the giant magnetoresistance (GMR) value of the as-deposited Co
39Ag
61. granular film on the glass substrate was as large as 20.2% under an applied magnetic field of 15 kOe and GMR value decreased monotonously with increasing annealing temperature in N
2. The magnetoresistance of a granular film could be described in a fourth order polynomial even function of its magnetization.