Hysteresis from antiferromagnet domain-wall processes in exchange-biased systems: Magnetic defects and thermal effects

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Kim, Joo Von ^a,b   Stamps, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETISM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; THEORY;

EID: 20344390750     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.094405     Document Type: Article

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