Antiferromagnetic thickness dependence of blocking temperature in exchange coupled polycrystalline ferromagnet/antiferromagnet bilayers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 4828-4830

  Xi, Haiwen ^a   White, Robert M ^a   Gao, Zheng ^b   Mao, Sining ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; ANTIFERROMAGNETS; BI-LAYER; BLOCKING TEMPERATURE; EXCHANGE BIAS; EXCHANGE COUPLED; FERROMAGNETS; GRAIN SIZE; POLYCRYSTALLINE; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE;

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 18744415124     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1503159     Document Type: Article

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