Enhanced exchange bias effects in a nanopatterned system consisting of two perpendicularly coupled ferromagnets

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Bollero, A ^a,f   Dieny, B ^a   Sort, J ^b   Buchanan, K S ^c   Landis, S ^d   Nogus J ^e  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CEA LETI   (France)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^f CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS LOOPS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MULTILAYERS;

MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; NANOPATTERNED SYSTEM;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 38349121604     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2833124     Document Type: Article

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