The role of interfaces in CoFe/IrMn exchange biased systems

Vopsaroiu, M., O'Grady, K., Vallejo Fernandez, Gonzalo and Fernandez-Outon, L.E. (2006) The role of interfaces in CoFe/IrMn exchange biased systems. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS. pp. 3008-3010. ISSN 0018-9464

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Abstract

A trilayer system consisting of an IrMn layer exchanged coupled to two CoFe layers of equal thickness has been studied. A single stage reversal was observed over a wide range of temperatures. Two bilayers with the same thicknesses of the pinning layer but different ferromagnetic thicknesses were also studied. By comparing the magnetic properties of these three stacks the effect of the interfacial area on the exchange field and the coercivity has been determined. We find that the interfacial area has a very minor effect on the exchange field H-ex and the blocking temperature (T-B) but causes a doubling of the coercivity (H-c). This indicates that H-c is dominated by the interface whereas the exchange bias is controlled by volumetric effects.

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Keywords:	exchange bias, interface, thermal activation, TRILAYERS, FILMS, SIZE
Academic Units:	The University of York > Physics (York)
Depositing User:	Repository Officer
Date Deposited:	15 Dec 2006
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2013 11:40
Published Version:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2006.879755
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes
Related URLs:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2006.8797...
URI:	http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/1826

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