Asymmetric magnetization reversal behavior in exchange-biased NiFeMnPt bilayers in two different anisotropy regimes: Close and far from critical thickness

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Spenato, D ^a   Castel, V ^a   Pogossian, S P ^a   Dekadjevi, D T ^a   Ben Youssef, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS LOOPS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOMETERS;

COHERENT ROTATION; NIFEMNPT BILAYERS; UNIDIRECTIONAL ANISOTROPY;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34547842580     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2768896     Document Type: Article

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