Fernandez-Outon, L.E., Vallejo-Fernandez, G., Manzoor, S. et al. (1 more author) (2006) Thermal instabilities in exchange biased materials. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 303 (2). pp. 296-301. ISSN 0304-8853
Abstract
The use of antiferromagnetic (AF) materials to pin a soft ferromagnet (FM) in a spin-valve, read head, or MRAM cell, has focussed attention on the exchange bias phenomenon. We report on a study of the thermal stability of exchange bias systems, IrMn/CoFe and FeMn/NiFe, with different thicknesses and grain sizes. For these materials a temperature has been determined at which thermal activation does not affect the state of the antiferromagnet, leading to reproducible data. Grain size studies have shown that the coercivity and exchange bias have different origins. Training effects studied over a range of temperatures from 4.2 to 400 K indicate a range of different contributions to exchange bias from the magnetic state of the antiferromagnet.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 22 Apr 2009 10:54 |
Last Modified: | 22 Apr 2009 10:54 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2006.01.080 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jmmm.2006.01.080 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:6721 |