Magnetoresistive Co/Cu multilayers: Hysteresis, polycrystallinity, and irreversible changes on magnetization

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2705-2714

  Holloway, H ^a   Kubinski, D J ^a  

^a FORD RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000327881     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.367034     Document Type: Article

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33. a′ is the crystallographic anisotropy constant and Ψ is the angle between the easy axis and the plane. This would tend to broaden the AF/H peaks at the second AFM, but not at the first AFM, where the anisotropy is relatively insignificant.