Enhanced perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in Fe/Mn bilayers by incorporating ultrathin ferromagnetic underlayer through magnetic proximity effect

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Bo Yao ^a   Chiu, Chieh Chen ^b   Lin, Wen Chin ^b   Lin, Minn Tsong ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; FE LAYER; HYSTERESIS LOOP MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC PROXIMITY; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; ULTRA-THIN; ULTRATHIN FE FILMS; UNDERLAYERS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MANGANESE;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 84885017344     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4816478     Document Type: Article

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