Effect of exchange coupling of polycrystalline antiferromagnetic layers on the magnetization behavior of soft magnetic layers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 1, 1999, Pages 3082-3087

  Fujiwara, H ^a,b,c   Hou, C ^a,b   Sun, M ^a,b   Cho, H S ^a,b   Nishioka, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coercivity enhancement; Exchange bias; Exchange coupling; Ferro antiferromagnet; Spin fanning AF grain surface and AF grain size

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; COERCIVE FORCE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FULCOMER-CHARAP MODEL; NEEL SPIN FANNING MODEL;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0033183877     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.801092     Document Type: Article

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