Title :
Anisotropy dispersion effects in CoFe/IrMn and NiFe/IrMn bilayer systems
Author :
McCord, J. ; Mattheis, R. ; Barholz, K.U.
Author_Institution :
Leibniz Inst. for Solid State & Mater. Res., Dresden, Germany
fDate :
March 30 2003-April 3 2003
Abstract :
In this paper, anisotropy dispersion effects in CoFe/IrMn and NiFe/IrMn bilayer systems were investigated. We report on the magnetic domains and anisotropy distribution in exchange biased structures deposited by dc magnetron sputtering.
Keywords :
cobalt alloys; ferromagnetic materials; iridium alloys; iron alloys; magnetic anisotropy; magnetic domains; magnetic thin films; manganese alloys; nickel alloys; sputter deposition; CoFe-IrMn; NiFe-IrMn; anisotropy dispersion effects; bilayer; dc magnetron sputtering; exchange biased structures; magnetic domains; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Dispersion; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic domain walls; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic films; Magnetic hysteresis; Magnetization; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Sputtering;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2003. INTERMAG 2003. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7647-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230878
