Large exchange bias and high stability of CoFe/CrPt films with L1 0 CrPt as the pinning layer

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Dai, B ^a   Cai, J W ^a   Lai, W Y ^a   An, Y K ^a   Mai, Z H ^a   Shen, F ^a   Liu, Y Z ^a   Zhang, Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE BIAS; MAGNETORESITIVE DEVICES; MULTILAYER STACKS; PINNING LAYERS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; HYSTERESIS; INTERDIFFUSION (SOLIDS); MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THIN FILMS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 24644509413     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2035887     Document Type: Article

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