Micromagnetic studies of antiferromagnetism and resistance-field curves in giant magnetoresistive Co/Al/NiFe

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2 PART 2, 1998, Pages 552-557

  Wei, Dan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gmr spin valve; Micromagnetic studies; R h curves

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; COERCIVE FORCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

R-H CURVES;

MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 0032022155     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.661490     Document Type: Article

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