Exchange-Induced Anisotropies at Ferromagnetic-Antiferromagnetic Interfaces above and below the Néel Temperature
- 24 June 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 90 (25), 257201
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.90.257201
Abstract
The exchange bias and magnetic anisotropies in a Co layer on a single-crystalline film have been determined between 30 and 300 K. By postulating that the coupling between the ferromagnet and the antiferromagnet persists above the Néel temperature () we develop a model that quantitatively describes the exchange bias and the anisotropies over the whole temperature range, both above and below . Using only the measured low temperature exchange bias and a distribution of blocking temperatures we explain (i) the temperature dependence of the bias, (ii) the magnitude of the anisotropies, (iii) the opposite sign of the first and second order anisotropies, (iv) the observed and temperature dependencies of the first and second order uniaxial anisotropies above , and (v) the decrease of the anisotropies below .
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