The structural and magnetic characterization of molecular-beam-epitaxy-grown FeMn-NiFe exchange-biased bilayers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 2758-2760

  Choi, Young Suk ^a   Petford Long, Amanda K ^a   Ward, Roger C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exchange anisotropy; Magnetic characterization; Molecular beam epitaxy; Structural characterization

Indexed keywords

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY;

MAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0036761677     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.802856     Document Type: Article

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