Exchange coupling between an amorphous ferromagnet and a crystalline antiferromagnet

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Fecioru Morariu, Marian ^a   Güntherodt, Gernot ^a   Rührig, Manfred ^b   Lamperti, Alessio ^c   Tanner, Brian ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ANISOTROPY; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; EXCHANGE COUPLING; FILM THICKNESS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BLOCKING TEMPERATURE; FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 34548614575     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2776005     Document Type: Article

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