Thermal stability of exchange coupling in permalloy/FeMn bilayers and its dependence on the antiferromagnetic layer thickness

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 2243-2246

  Li, H Y ^a   Chen, L Y ^a   Zhou, S M ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; APPLIED FIELD; BI-LAYER; EXCHANGE FIELDS; EXPONENTIALLY DECAYS; LAYER THICKNESS; SPIN-VALVE GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; UNIDIRECTIONAL ANISOTROPY;

EXCHANGE COUPLING; IRON COMPOUNDS;

THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 33845395335     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1426225     Document Type: Article

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