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Reversible Hysteresis Loop Tuning, Andreas Berger, Christian Binek, D. T. Margulies, A. Moser, E. E. Fullerton
Reversible Hysteresis Loop Tuning, Andreas Berger, Christian Binek, D. T. Margulies, A. Moser, E. E. Fullerton
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We utilize antiferromagnetically coupled bilayer structures to magnetically tune hysteresis loop properties. Key element of this approach is the non-overlapping switching fi eld distribution of the two magnetic layers that make up the system: a hard magnetic CoPtCrB layer (HL) and a soft magnetic CoCr layer (SL). Both layers are coupled antiferromagnetically through an only 0.6-nm-thick Ru interlayer. The nonoverlapping switching fi eld distribution allows the measurement of magnetization reversal in the SL at low fi elds while keeping the magnetization state of the HL unperturbed. Applying an appropriate high fi eld or high fi eld sequence changes the ...
Electrically Controlled Exchange Bias For Spintronic Applications, Christian Binek, A. Hochstrat, X. Chen, Pavel Borisov, Wolfman Kleemann, Bernard Doudin
Electrically Controlled Exchange Bias For Spintronic Applications, Christian Binek, A. Hochstrat, X. Chen, Pavel Borisov, Wolfman Kleemann, Bernard Doudin
Christian Binek Publications
Exchange coupling between a magnetoelectric (111)-oriented Cr2O3 single crystal and a CoPt multilayer with perpendicular anisotropy exhibits an exchange bias field proportional to the applied axial electric field. Extrapolation from bulk to thin film magnetoelectric pinning system suggests promising spintronic applications due to coupling between the electric field-controlled magnetization and the magnetization of a neighbor ferromagnetic layer. Pure voltage control of magnetic configurations of tunneling magnetoresistance spin valves is an attractive alternative to current-induced magnetization switching. ©2005 American Institute of Physics
Perpendicular Exchange Bias And Its Control By Magnetic, Stress And Electric Fields, Christian Binek, Pavel Borisov, Xi Chen, S. Sahoo, Wolfman Kleemann
Perpendicular Exchange Bias And Its Control By Magnetic, Stress And Electric Fields, Christian Binek, Pavel Borisov, Xi Chen, S. Sahoo, Wolfman Kleemann
Christian Binek Publications
erpendicular exchange bias (PEB) involving perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in both the antiferromagnetic (AF) pinning and the ferromagnetic (FM) sensor layer is expected to become important in future perpendicular recording and sensing devices. Further, because of the reduced spin dimensionality, PEB promises to be easier understandable than the conventional planar exchange bias (EB). In addition to its first realization using the Ising-type AF compounds FeF2 and FeCl2 we have tested control strategies of EB being alternative to the conventional magnetic and thermal ones. Indeed, specific symmetry properties of the pinning layer have been shown to enable mechanical (viz ...