Domain wall asymmetries in Ni81Fe19/NiO: Proof of variable anisotropics in exchange bias systems

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  McCord, Jeffrey ^a   Schäfer, Rudolf ^a  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; CROSS-TIE WALL; DOMAIN WALL STRUCTURES; EXCHANGE BIAS; EXCHANGE COUPLED; INDUCED ANISOTROPY; INTERFACIAL COUPLINGS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MAGNETIZATION LOOPS; MODAL COUPLING;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; BIMETALS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; MAGNETS; NEON;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 69249149278     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/8/083016     Document Type: Article

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