Origin of the training effect and asymmetry of the magnetization in polycrystalline exchange bias systems

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Brems, Steven ^a   Temst, Kristiaan ^a,b   Van Haesendonck, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIZATION;

FERROMAGNETIC MAGNETIZATION; TRAINING EFFECT;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 34547921238     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.067201     Document Type: Article

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