Exchange spring driven spin flop transition in ErFe2/YFe 2 multilayers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Martin, K N ^a   Wang, K ^a   Bowden, G J ^a   Zhukov, A A ^a   De Groot, P A J ^a   Zimmermann, J P ^a   Fangohr, H ^a   Ward, R C C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; ERBIUM ALLOYS; FILM GROWTH; MAGNETIZATION; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

MAGNETIC EXCHANGE SPRINGS; MAGNETIZATION LOOPS; MICROMAGNETIC MODELING; SPIN FLOP TRANSITIONS;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 33749244069     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2357918     Document Type: Article

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