Control of the interfacial exchange coupling energy in Pt/Co/α -Cr2 O3 films by inserting a Pt spacer layer at the Co/α-Cr2O3 interface

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3909-3912

  Shiratsuchi, Yu ^a   Fujita, Toshiaki ^a   Noutomi, Hayato ^a   Oikawa, Hiroto ^a   Nakatani, Ryoichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiferromagnetic material; epitaxial growth; interface phenomena; perpendicular exchange bias (PEB)

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; EXCHANGE COUPLING; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

COUPLING MECHANISM; INTERFACE COUPLINGS; INTERFACE EXCHANGE; INTERFACE PHENOMENA; INTERFACIAL EXCHANGE COUPLING; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY ENERGY; PERPENDICULAR EXCHANGE BIAS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

SHIMS;

EID: 80053515253     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2158073     Document Type: Article

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