Exchange bias and blocking temperature in Co/FeMn/CuNi trilayers

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Blamire, M G ^a   Ali, M ^b   Leung, C W ^a   Marrows, C H ^b   Hickey, B J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; COERCIVE FORCE; EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

ANTIFERROMAGNET ANISOTROPY; BLOCKING TEMPERATURE; EXCHANGE BIAS;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 34547251061     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.217202     Document Type: Article

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