Surface-induced low-field instability of antiferromagnetic multilayers

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1223-1231

  Dantas, A L ^a   Carrico A S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

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EID: 0000207779     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.1223     Document Type: Article

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