Changes in ferromagnetic spin structure induced by exchange bias in Fe/MnF2 films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 22, 2004, Pages

  Macedo, W A A ^a,b   Sahoo, B ^c   Kuncser, V ^c,g   Eisenmenger, J ^a,h   Felner, I ^d   Nogues J ^e   Liu, Kai ^f   Keune, W ^c   Schuller, Ivan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ctro Desenvolvimento Da Tecn N   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS PHYSICS   (Romania)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; IRON 57; IRON COMPLEX; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; FILM; GEOMETRY; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 13844264488     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.224414     Document Type: Article

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