A study of the NiFe/NiMn exchange couple

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 5 PART 2, 1996, Pages 4654-4656

  Devasahayam, Adrian J ^a   Kryder, Mark H ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FORCE; DEPOSITION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEXTURES; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BLOCKING TEMPERATURE; EXCHANGE COUPLE; EXCHANGE FIELD;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0030247973     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.539108     Document Type: Article

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