Two-stage magnetization reversal in exchange biased bilayers

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 4394-4397

  Leighton, C ^a,e   Fitzsimmons, M R ^b   Yashar, P ^b   Hoffmann, A ^b   Nogues J ^c   Dura, J ^d   Majkrzak, C F ^d   Schuller, Ivan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; IRON; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NUCLEATION; POLARIZATION; THIN FILMS;

ANISOTROPIC MAGNETORESISTANCE (AMR); EXCHANGED BIASED BILAYERS; POLARIZED NEUTRON REFLECTOMETRY (PNR);

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 0035820983     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4394     Document Type: Article

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