Size effects on the magnetization reversal behavior of exchange bias modulated thin films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Hamann, Christine ^a   Mönch, Ingolf ^a   Kaltofen, Rainer ^a   Schäfer, Rudolf ^a   Gemming, Thomas ^a   Schultz, Ludwig ^a   McCord, Jeffrey ^a  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EXCHANGE COUPLING; FERROMAGNETISM; HYSTERESIS; HYSTERESIS LOOPS; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; MAGNETS; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP); ANTIFERROMAGNETIC (AFM); EXCHANGE BIAS (EB); LATERAL DIMENSIONS; LOCAL OXIDATION; MAGNETIC (CE); PARALLEL STRUCTURES; REVERSAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE STEP; SIZE EFFECTS; UNIDIRECTIONAL ANISOTROPY;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 47749152591     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2951887     Document Type: Article

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