L10 phase CoPt-TiO2/FePt-TiO2 exchange coupled media with small switching field

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1955-1958

  Pandey, K K M ^a   Chen, J S ^a   Chow, G M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Exchange coupled media; FePt; High anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DOMAIN WALLS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MULTILAYERS; OXIDE MINERALS; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; SWITCHING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DOMAIN WALL MOTION; EXCHANGE COUPLED MEDIA; FEPT; FIRST-ORDER REVERSAL CURVES; HIGH ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL MECHANISMS; OUT-OF-PLANE ANISOTROPY; SWITCHING FIELD DISTRIBUTION;

MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL;

EID: 77952857084     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2042146     Document Type: Article

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