Antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange coupling between Fe3 O4 layers across a nonmagnetic MgO dielectric layer

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Wu, Han Chun ^a   Arora, S K ^a   Mryasov, O N ^b   Shvets, I V ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRODES; OXIDATION;

ELECTRODE STATES; INTERLAYER EXCHANGE COUPLING;

IRON OXIDES;

EID: 43349093772     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2919081     Document Type: Article

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