JMMM 94 (1991) 302-310
North-Holland

Calculated magnetic phase diagrams and magnetoresistance curves for an
antiferromagnetically coupled multilayer system

W. Folkerts

The total energy of an antiferromagnetically coupled multilayer system is
considered as a function of anisotropy symmetry and direction of an
applied field. The possible relative orientations of the magnetizations in
adjancent layers are expressed in magnetic phase diagrams. From these
diagrams the possible magnetoresistance curves in Fe/Cr and similar
systems can be derived. Using the diagrams the magnitude of the coupling
can be derived easily from the experimental magnetoresistance curves.