Out-of-plane exchange bias in [PtCo] -IrMn bilayers sputtered on prepatterned nanostructures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Bollero, A ^a   Baltz, V ^a   Rodmacq, B ^a   Dieny, B ^a   Landis, S ^b   Sort, J ^c  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b CEA LETI   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY EXCHANGE; EXCHANGE BIAS EFFECTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; THERMAL ACTIVATION;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SPUTTERING;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 33750030495     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2359429     Document Type: Article

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