Asymmetry in elementary events of magnetization reversal in a ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic bilayer

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 765-768

  Nikitenko, V I ^a,b   Gornakov, V S ^a,b   Shapiro, A J ^a   Shull, R D ^a   Liu, Kai ^c   Zhou, S M ^c   Chien, C L ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000404625     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.765     Document Type: Article

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