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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 65, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.064410
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Exchange-biased MnF2/Fe bilayers, examined by variable angle and temperature ferromagnetic resonance (FMR), exhibit a sudden onset of a unidirectional and fourfold anisotropy below the MnF2 Neel temperature. This unexpected fourfold symmetry arises from frustrated perpendicular coupling between the MnF2 and the Fe overlayer in the presence of twinning in the antiferromagnet layer. These data are consistent with earlier polarized-neutron-reflectometry results. The FMR data show a clear reversal in the direction of the unidirectional anisotropy as a function of cooling field, switching sign at H-FC = 13 kOe, which is consistent with the onset of positive exchange bias observed in conventional magnetometry experiments. The low-temperature FMR linewidth reflects the in-plane symmetry of the resonance itself, exhibiting surprising divergence in the hard directions. Temperature-dependent FMR measurements reveal a sharp reduction in the resonance field below the Neel point due to the ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic coupling.
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