Theory of the blocking temperature in polycrystalline exchange biased bilayers based on a thermal fluctuation model

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5850-5853

  Xi, Haiwen ^a,b   White, Robert M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIZATION;

BLOCKING TEMPERATURE; EXCHANGE BIAS; THERMAL FLUCTUATION;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0242721125     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1613806     Document Type: Article

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