Nucleation field in synthetic antiferromagnet stabilized with uniaxial or unidirectional anisotropy

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 273-286

  Dimitrov, D V ^a   Van Ek, J ^a   Li, Y F ^b   Xiao, J Q ^b  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIZATION; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

MICROMAGNETIC CALCULATION; NUCLEATION FIELD; SPIN VALVES; SYNTHETIC ANTIFERROMAGNET;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0034249229     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-8853(00)00327-9     Document Type: Article

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