Tuning in-plane and out-of-plane exchange biases in Ni80Fe 20/Cr-oxide bilayers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Lin, K W ^a   Guo, J Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; ION BOMBARDMENT; PHASE INTERFACES; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ANTIFERROMAGNET; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC; BI LAYERS; CRYSTALLINITY; EXCHANGE BIAS EFFECTS; EXCHANGE BIASES; FIELD COOLED; INTERFACE EXCHANGES; INTERFACIAL EXCHANGE ENERGIES; LINEAR DEPENDENCES; LOOP SHIFTS; OXIDE LAYERS; PLANE DIRECTIONS; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING PROCESSES; STRUCTURAL PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; SURFACE SPINS;

CHROMIUM;

EID: 58149232311     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3054170     Document Type: Article

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