Effect of top, bottom, on- and off-axis deposition on the blocking temperature distributions of exchange biased bilayers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3308-3311

  Baltz, V ^a   Auffret, S ^a   Dieny, B ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Blocking temperature distribution; exchange bias; interface; spin glass

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GLASS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); IRIDIUM ALLOYS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MANGANESE ALLOYS; MEMORY ARCHITECTURE; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; BLOCKING TEMPERATURE; BLOCKING TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; EXCHANGE BIAS; GROWTH CONDITIONS; MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY; OFF-AXIS DEPOSITIONS; SPINTRONIC DEVICE;

SPIN GLASS;

EID: 80053462798     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2149502     Document Type: Article

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