Uncompensated spins in a micro-patterned CoFeB/Mnlr exchange bias system

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2310-2312

  Eimuller T ^a   Kato, T ^b   Mizuno, T ^b   Tsunashima, S ^b   Quitmann, C ^c   Ramsvik, T ^c   Iwata, S ^b   Schutz G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; DEPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIZATION; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTOEMISSION;

BIAS FILM; PHOTOEMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (PEEM); SPECTROMICROSCOPY; X-RAY MAGNETIC LINEAR DICHROISM (XMLD);

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 7244248642     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1794851     Document Type: Article

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