Magnetization reversal, asymmetry, and role of uncompensated spins in perpendicular exchange coupled systems

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Camarero, J ^a   Miguel, J ^b,f   Goedkoop, J B ^b   Vogel, J ^c   Romanens, F ^c   Pizzini, S ^c   Garcia, F ^d,g   Sort, J ^d,h   Dieny, B ^d   Brookes, N B ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^d CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^e EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^g LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; FERROMAGNETISM; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

COUPLING STRENGTH; DOMAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; FERROMAGNETICANTIFERROMAGNETIC (FAF) SYSTEMS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 33845450007     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2402882     Document Type: Article

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