Double magnetic switching, domain wall processes, and interfacial exchange coupling in an exchange-biased bilayer film

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Wang, Zhi Hong ^a,b   Cristiani, G ^a   Habermeier, H U ^a   Bland, J A C ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41849092938     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.054407     Document Type: Article

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