Vopsaroiu, M., O'Grady, K. orcid.org/0000-0002-4837-3709, Vallejo Fernandez, Gonzalo orcid.org/0000-0002-4826-1547 et al. (1 more author) (2006) The role of interfaces in CoFe/IrMn exchange biased systems. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. pp. 3008-3010. ISSN 1941-0069
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 |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Depositing User: | Repository Officer |
Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2006 |
Last Modified: | 11 Mar 2025 00:03 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2006.879755 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/TMAG.2006.879755 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:1826 |