Useful Links / Further Reading
| The Nobel Laureates |
| Albert Fert, Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/ THALES, Université Paris-Sud |
| Peter Grünberg, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH |
| Scientific review articles |
| “Giant steps with tiny magnets” by Agnes Barthélémy and Albert Fert et al., Physics World Nov. 1994.37 |
| “Spintronics” by Dirk Grundler, Physics World April 2002. |
| Original scientific articles |
| “Giant Magnetoresistance of (001)Fe/(001)Cr Magnetic Superlattices” by M.N. Baibich et al., Physical Review Letters Vol. 61, No. 21 (1988). (Albert Fert’s original article) |
| “Enhanced magnetoresistance in layered magnetic structures with antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange” by G. Binasch et al., Physical Review B, Vol. 39, No. 7 (1989). (Peter Grünberg’s original article). |
| Links |
| Presentation of the GMR-technique, IBM |
| SVENSKA |
| Populärvetenskaplig artikel: “Spinn på framtidens elektronik” av Johan Åkerman, Forskning & Framsteg 6/07 |
| DEUTSCH |
| Weiterführende Veröffentlichungen: „Kopplung macht den Widerstand” von Peter Grünberg, Physik Journal Bd. 6 (2007) Nr. 8/9 S. 33–39. Wiley-VCH-Verlag, Weinheim. Internet-Version: www.pro-physik.de/Phy/pjtoc/25753/3 |
Nobel Prizes and laureates
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