Asymmetrically kinked hysteresis loops in exchange biased NiFe/IrMn rings

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4918-4921

  Guo, Z B ^a   Zheng, Y K ^a   Li, K B ^a   Liu, Z Y ^a   Luo, P ^a   Wu, Y H ^a,b  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; HYSTERESIS; ION EXCHANGE; LITHOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMAL EFFECTS; VORTEX FLOW;

ANTIFERROMAGNET (AFM); ENERGY BARRIERS; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (MFM); PATTERNED RING STRUCTURES;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 2442625613     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1690113     Document Type: Article

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