Title :
Top exchange biasing enhancement in X/IrMn/Py and X/IrMn/Co multilayers
Author :
Malinowski, G. ; Hehn, M. ; Meny, C. ; Lenoble, O. ; Robert, S. ; Panissod, P. ; Schuhl, A.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Phys. des Materiaux, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France
fDate :
March 30 2003-April 3 2003
Abstract :
In this paper, we show that in the F/AF/F trilayers this effect is independent on the crystallographic quality or roughness of the antiferromagnetic layer or on magnetic interactions between the two ferromagnetic layers. On the contrary, this effect is found to be reminiscent of a domain structure induced in the antiferromagnetic layer by the underlying ferromagnetic layer during the multilayer growth.
Keywords :
antiferromagnetic materials; cobalt; exchange interactions (electron); ferromagnetic materials; interface roughness; iridium alloys; magnetic domains; magnetic multilayers; magnetic structure; magnetic thin films; manganese alloys; antiferromagnetic layer; domain structure; exchange biasing enhancement; ferromagnetic layers; magnetic interactions; multilayers; roughness; Antiferromagnetic materials; Crystallography; Magnetic domains; Magnetic multilayers; Nonhomogeneous media;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2003. INTERMAG 2003. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7647-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230883
