Pinholes in antiferromagnetically coupled multilayers: Effects on hysteresis loops and relation to biquadratic exchange

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 4131-4141

  Bobo, J F ^a   Kikuchi, H ^b   Redon, O ^c   Snoeck, E ^d   Piecuch, M ^a   White, R L ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^c LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^d CEMES CNRS   (France)

^e Stanford University   (United States)

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EID: 0001765966     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.4131     Document Type: Article

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