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Modification of Magnetic Coupling in Antiferromagnetically Coupled Bilayers Due to the Existence of Ferromagnetic Pin Holes.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

J.F. Bobo
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Mixte CNRS St Gobain BP 104 54704 Pont à Mousson Cedex France.
H. Fischer
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Mixte CNRS St Gobain BP 104 54704 Pont à Mousson Cedex France.
M. Piecuch
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Mixte CNRS St Gobain BP 104 54704 Pont à Mousson Cedex France.
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Abstract

We have calculated numerical simulations and analytical solutions of the influence of a pin hole on the magnetization curves of multilayer systems. The Magnetization curves we obtained can be described by a biquadratic coupling model and are close to the experimental curves.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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