A model of the temperature dependence of exchange bias in coupled ferromagnetic∕antiferromagnetic bilayers
Author(s) -
B. R. Craig,
R. Lamberton,
A. Johnston,
U. Nowak,
R.W. Chantrell,
K. O’Grady
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of applied physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.699
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1089-7550
pISSN - 0021-8979
DOI - 10.1063/1.2830638
Subject(s) - antiferromagnetism , ferromagnetism , condensed matter physics , exchange bias , anisotropy , magnetic anisotropy , materials science , magnetization , physics , magnetic field , quantum mechanics
A granular level model of the magnetic properties of coupled ferromagnetic∕antiferromagnetic layers is used to calculate the temperature dependence of the exchange bias. The predicted results are in good qualitative agreement with experiment. Agreement with experiment requires the introduction of the temperature dependence of the anisotropy constant of the antiferromagnetic layer.
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