An interface-proximity model for switchable interfacial uncompensated antiferromagnetic spins and their role in exchange bias

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Lee, Ki Suk ^a   Yu, Young Sang ^a   Kim, Sang Koog ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIZATION;

COUPLED SYSTEMS; ENERGY EQUATIONS; EXCHANGE BIAS; SPIN MOMENT;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 20844461325     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1920412     Document Type: Article

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