Abstract
An extraordinary magnetoresistance (EMR) device with a 3-contact geometry has been fabricated and characterized. A large enhancement of the output sensitivity at low magnetic fields compared to the conventional EMR device has been found, which can be attributed to an additional influence coming from the Hall effect. Output sensitivities of 0.19 mV/T at zero-field and 0.2 mV/T at 0.01 T have been measured in the device, which is equivalent to the ones of the conventional EMR sensors with a bias of ∼0.04 T. The exceptional performance of EMR sensors in the high field region is maintained in the 3-contact device.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 232407 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue number | 23 |
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| State | Published - Jun 7 2012 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)