Magnetization processes in exchange biased giant magnetoresistive multilayer elements

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 5 PART 2, 1996, Pages 4803-4805

  McCord, Jeffery ^a   Hubert, Alex ^a   Kools, Jacques C S ^b   De Nooijer, Marie Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILM PREPARATION; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SUBSTRATES;

EXCHANGE BIASED GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE MULTILAYER ELEMENTS; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; PERMALLOY LAYER; THIN GLASS SUBSTRATES;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 0030246812     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.539157     Document Type: Article

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