Magnetic Properties of NiFe Films Exchange-Coupled with NiO

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 4091-4093

  Lin, Chien Li ^a   Sivertsen, John M ^a   Judy, Jack H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; DEPOSITION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; NICKEL ALLOYS; OXIDES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EXCHANGE ANISOTROPY; INTERFACIAL EXCHANGE COUPLING ENERGY; NICKEL OXIDE FILMS; PERMALLOY THIN FILMS; UNIDIRECTIONAL ANISOTROPY;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0029406230     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.489871     Document Type: Article

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