Ferromagnetic resonance study of annealed NiFe/FeMn/CoFe trilayers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2766-2769

  Kim, Ki Yeon ^a   Choi, Hyeok Cheol ^b   Shim, Je Ho ^c   Kim, Dong Hyun ^c   You, Chun Yeol ^b   Lee, Jeong Soo ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Exchange bias; Ferromagnetic resonance; FM AFM FM trilayer; Linewidth broadening; Resonance field; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE; FERROMAGNETISM; IRON ALLOYS; MANGANESE ALLOYS; MANGANESE METALLOGRAPHY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; EXCHANGE BIAS; FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE (FMR); LINEWIDTH BROADENING; RESONANCE FIELD; TRI LAYERS; VIBRATING SAMPLE MAGNETOMETER;

IRON METALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 66549123956     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2020552     Document Type: Article

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