Measurement of the energy barrier distribution in the antiferromagnetic layer of exchange-biased materials

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 2741-2743

  O'Grady, K ^a   Holloway, Lee ^a   Antel, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exchange bias; Exchange interactions

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; MAGNETIZATION;

THERMAL ACTIVATION;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0036762124     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.802867     Document Type: Article

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