Effects of sputter-deposition-induced and post-deposition thermally activated intermixing on the exchange bias properties of [Pt/Co] ×3/(Pt)/IrMn films

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 27, 2012, Pages

  Letellier, F ^a   Baltz, V ^b   Lechevallier, L ^a,c   Larde R ^a   Jacquot, J F ^d   Rodmacq, B ^b   Le Breton, J M ^a   Dieny, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ ET INSA DE ROUEN   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^d CEA INAC SCIB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS-DEPOSITED STATE; ATOM PROBE; CO CONTENT; EFFECTIVE ANISOTROPY; EXCHANGE BIAS; EXCHANGE STIFFNESS; EXCHANGE-BIAS FIELDS; LAYER INTERMIXING; OUT-OF-PLANE ANISOTROPY; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC FIELDS; POST-DEPOSITION; STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; SUB-LAYERS; THERMALLY ACTIVATED;

ANISOTROPY; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MANGANESE; PLATINUM; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION;

MIXING;

EID: 84862740205     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/27/275001     Document Type: Article

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