Microscopic domain structures in unidirectional and isotropic exchange-coupled NiO/NiFe bilayers

Exchange Anisotropy in Epitaxial and Polycrystalline NiO/NiFe Bilayers

(001) oriented NiO/NiFe bilayers were grown on single crystal MgO (001) substrates by ion beam sputtering in order to determine the effect that the crystalline orientation of the NiO antiferromagnetic layer has on the magnetization curve of the NiFe ferromagnetic layer. Simple models predict no exchange anisotropy for the (001)-oriented surface, which in its bulk termination is magnetically com...

Variation of domain formation in a 15 nm NiFe layer exchange coupled with NiO layers of different thicknesses

Coupled BE-FE Scheme for Three-Dimensional Dynamic Interaction of a Transversely Isotropic Half-Space with a Flexible Structure

The response of structures bonded to the surface of a transversely isotropic half-space (TIHS) under the effect of time-harmonic forces is investigated using a coupled FE-BE scheme. To achieve this end, a Finite Element program has been developed for frequency domain analysis of 3D structures, as the first step. The half-space underlying the structure is taken into consideration using a Boundar...

Ferromagnetic domain-wall behavior during reversal and thermally activated antiferromagnetic reversal in an exchange-biased NiO/NiFe bilayer

X-ray magnetic circular dichroism studies of „001...-oriented NiFe/Mn100−xPtx exchange bilayers

001 -oriented Ni80Fe20/Mn100−xPtx and Co90Fe10/Mn100−xPtx epitaxial bilayers were prepared using the molecular beam epitaxy method. Their exchange anisotropies were measured using a torque magnetometer, while their interfacial Mn uncompensated moments were measured by means of x-ray magnetic circular dichroism. The bilayers exhibited both oneand fourfold components in their anisotropy torque cu...