More information about the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2007 can be found on:
● The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
● Nobelprize.org
● The Nobel Museum
● Kopplung macht den Wiederstand by Peter Grünberg, Physik Journal 9/2007
● Giant steps with tiny magnets by Agnes Barthélémy and Albert Fert et al, Physics World Nov. 1994
● Spintronics by Dirk Grundler, Physics World April 2002
● 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)

Link:

● Presentation of GMR-technology on IBM’s website (background, graphics and animations): www.research.ibm.com/research/gmr.html