Monte Carlo simulation of exchange bias and training effects in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic bilayers with different Néel temperatures

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 550, Issue , 2014, Pages 608-615

  Hu, Yong ^a   Shi, Feng ^b   Wang, Xiaoling ^a   Jia, Ning ^a   Wu, Guozhen ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Du, An ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coercivity; Cooling field; Exchange bias; Monte Carlo; Training effect

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC EXCHANGE COUPLING; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC SPINS; COOLING FIELDS; EXCHANGE BIAS; FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; INTERFACIAL EXCHANGE COUPLING; METROPOLIS ALGORITHMS; TRAINING EFFECTS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; COERCIVE FORCE; COOLING; EXCHANGE COUPLING; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; TEMPERATURE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84890309465     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2013.10.179     Document Type: Article

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