Journal
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
Volume 240, Issue 1-3, Pages 243-247Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S0304-8853(01)00813-7
Keywords
exchange biasing; magnetic multilayers; Heisenberg model; numerical simulations
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Exchange bias is a horizontal shift of the hysteresis loop observed for a ferromagnetic layer in contact with an antiferromagnetic layer. Since exchange bias is related to the spin structure of the antiferromagnet, for its fundamental understanding a detailed knowledge of the physics of the antiferromagnetic layer is inevitable. A model is investigated where domains are formed in the volume of the AFM stabilized by dilution. These domains become frozen during the initial cooling procedure carrying a remanent net magnetization which causes and controls exchange bias. Varying the anisotropy of the antiferromagnet, we find a non-trivial dependence of the exchange bias on the anisotropy of the antiferromagnet. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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