Antiferromagnetic spin flop and exchange bias

Authors
Nogues, J Morellon, L Leighton, C Ibarra, MR Schuller, IK
Citation
J. Nogues et al., Antiferromagnetic spin flop and exchange bias, PHYS REV B, 61(10), 2000, pp. R6455-R6458
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
ISSN journal
10980121 → ACNP
Volume
61
Issue
10
Year of publication
2000
Pages
R6455 - R6458
Database
ISI
SICI code
1098-0121(20000301)61:10<R6455:ASFAEB>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The effect of the antiferromagnetic spin flop on exchange bias has been inv estigated in antiferromagnetic (MnF2)-ferromagnetic (Fe) bilayers. Cooling and measuring in fields larger than the antiferromagnetic spin flop field, H-SF, causes an irreversible reduction of the magnitude of the exchange bia s field, HE. This indicates that, contrary to what is normally assumed, the interface spin structure does not remain "frozen in" below T-N if large en ough fields are applied.