Vol Page/Article: Your access to Phys. Rev. Lett. is provided through the subscription of Central Research Institute. What is this? [ Previous / Next Abstract | Issue Table of Contents | Bottom of Page <#bottom> ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Physical Review Letters 31 October 2003 Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 187201 (2003) view MyArticles What is this? Full Text: [ PDF (193 kB) GZipped PS Order Document ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Asymmetric Reversal Modes in Ferromagnetic/Antiferromagnetic Multilayers B. Beckmann , U. Nowak , and K. D. Usadel Theoretische Tieftemperaturphysik, Universität Duisburg-Essen, 47048 Duisburg, Germany (Received 30 June 2003; published 28 October 2003) Experimentally an asymmetry of the reversal modes has been found in certain exchange bias systems. From a numerical investigation of the domain state model evidence is gained that this effect depends on the angle between the easy axis of the antiferromagnet and the applied magnetic field. Depending on this angle the ferromagnet reverses either symmetrically, e.g., by a coherent rotation on both sides of the loop, or the reversal is asymmetric with a nonuniform reversal mode for the ascending branch, which may even yield a zero perpendicular magnetization. ©2003 The American Physical Society URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v91/e187201 doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.187201 PACS: 75.70.Cn, 75.40.Mg, 75.50.Lk, 85.70.-w Additional Information View ISI's Web of Science data for this article: [ Source Abstract | Related Articles ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Full Text: [ PDF (193 kB) GZipped PS Order Document ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ References Citation links [e.g., Phys. Rev. D 40, 2172 (1989)] go to online journal abstracts. Other links (see Reference Information ) are available with your current login. Navigation of links may be more efficient using a second browser window . # J. Nogués and I. K. Schuller, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 192, 203 (1999 ). [Inspec] [ISI] # A. P. Malozemoff, Phys. Rev. B 35, 3679 (1987 ). [ISI] # D. Mauri, H. C. Siegmann, P. S. Bagus, and E. Kay, J. Appl. Phys. 62, 3047 (1987 ). [ISI] # N. C. Koon, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 4865 (1997 ). [ISI] # T. C. Schulthess and W. H. Butler, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4516 (1998 ). [ISI] # M. D. Stiles and R. D. McMichael, Phys. Rev. B 59, 3722 (1999 ). [ISI] # M. Kiwi, J. Mejía-López, R. D. Portugal, and R. Ramírez, Europhys. Lett. 48, 573 (1999 ). [Inspec] [ISI] # P. Miltényi et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4224 (2000 ). [ISI] # U. Nowak, A. Misra, and K. D. Usadel, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 240, 243 (2002 ). [ISI] # U. Nowak et al., Phys. Rev. B 66, 014430 (2002 ). # J. Keller et al., Phys. Rev. B 66, 014431 (2002 ). # H. T. Shi, D. Lederman, and E. E. C. Fullerton, J. Appl. Phys. 91, 7763 (2002 ). [ISI] # T. Mewes et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 1057 (2000 ). [ISI] # A. Mougin et al., Phys. Rev. B 63, 060409 (2001 ). # A. Misra, U. Nowak, and K. D. Usadel, J. Appl. Phys. 93, 6593 (2003 ). [ISI] # F. Nolting et al., Nature (London) 405, 767 (2000 ). [Inspec] [ISI] # H. Ohldag et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 2878 (2001 ). [ISI] # M. R. Fitzsimmons et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3986 (2000 ). [ISI] # F. Radu et al., Phys. Rev. B 67, 134409 (2003 ). # D. Suess et al., Phys. Rev. B 67, 054419 (2003 ). # U. Nowak, in Annual Reviews of Computational Physics IX, edited by D. Stauffer (World Scientific, Singapore, 2001), p. 105. # M. R. Fitzsimmons et al., Phys. Rev. B 65, 134436 (2002 ). The American Physical Society is a member of CrossRef . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Full Text: [ PDF (193 kB) GZipped PS Order Document ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Citing Articles This list contains links to other online articles that cite the article currently being viewed. # Coercivity and exchange bias of ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic multilayers G. Scholten et al., Phys. Rev. B 71, 064413 (2005) # Changes in ferromagnetic spin structure induced by exchange bias in Fe/MnF2 films W. A. A. Macedo et al., Phys. Rev. B 70, 224414 (2004) # Sequence, symmetry, and magnetic fluctuations of the magnetization reversal in exchange-biased multilayers A. Paul et al., Phys. Rev. B 70, 224410 (2004) # Training of the exchange-bias effect: A simple analytic approach Christian Binek , Phys. Rev. B 70, 014421 (2004) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Full Text: [ PDF (193 kB) GZipped PS Order Document ] [ Previous / Next Abstract | Issue Table of Contents | Top of Page <#top> ] [ Homepage | Browse Available Volumes | Search | Subscriptions | Contact Information | Online Help | Exit ]