Competing magnetic interactions in exchange-bias-modulated films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Hamann, Christine ^a   McCord, Jeffrey ^a   Schultz, Ludwig ^a   Toperverg, Boris P ^b,f,g   Theis Bröhl, Katharina ^c   Wolff, Maximilian ^d   Kaltofen, Rainer ^e   Mönch, Ingolf ^e  

^a Institute for Metallic Materials   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^f PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^g INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

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EID: 77954798971     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.024420     Document Type: Article

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