Magneto-optical study of magnetization reversal asymmetry in exchange bias

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Tillmanns, A ^a   Oertker, S ^a   Beschoten, B ^a   Guntherodt G ^a   Leighton, C ^b,d   Schuller, Ivan K ^b   Nogues J ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; EXCHANGE BIAS; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 33751107700     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2392283     Document Type: Article

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