• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.17-20
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• 2010

The relationship between ferromagnet anisotropic magnetization and the antiferromagnet atomic spin configuration was investigated for various angles of the uniaxial deposition magnetic field of the FeMn layer in the Corning glass/Ta(5nm)/NiFe(7nm)/FeMn(25nm)/Ta(5nm) multilayer that was prepared by the ion beam sputter deposition. The exchange bias field ($H_{ex}$) obtained from the measurement of the easy-axis MR loop decreased to 40 Oe at the deposition field angle of $45^{\circ}$, and to 0 Oe at the angle of $90^{\circ}$. When the difference between the uniaxial axis between the ferromagnet NiFe and the antiferromagnet FeMn was $90^{\circ}$, the strong antiferromagnetic dipole moment of FeMn caused the weak ferromagnetic dipole moment of NiFe to rotate in the interface.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.32-35
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• 2003

Magnetic funnel Junctions (MTJs) were fabricated on thermally oxidized Si (100) wafers using DC magnetron sputtering. The film Structures were Ta(50 ${\AA}$)/CU(100 ${\AA}$)$Ni_{80}Fe_{20}(20 $ ${\AA}$)/Cu(50 ${\AA}$)/$Mn_{75}Ir_{25}(100 $ ${\AA}$)/$Co_{70}Fe_{30}(25$ ${\AA}$)/Al-O(15 ${\AA}$)/$Co_{70}Fe_{30}(25 $ ${\AA}$)/$Ni_{80}Fe_{20}(t)/Ta(50 $ ${\AA}$), with t=0 ${\AA}$, 100 and 1000 ${\AA}$, respectively. X-ray diffraction has shown improvement of (111) texture of IrMn$_3$ and Cu by annealing. The exchange-biased energy is almost inversely proportional to temperature. The difference between the coercivity H$_c$ and the exchange biased field H$_E$ for t = 0 $_3$ sample is smaller than that for t = 1000 ${\AA}$. For the pinned layer, the decreasing rate of the coercivity with the temperature is higher compared to that of the exchange field, but variation of H$_c$ is similar to that of the exchange field for free layer.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.94-97
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• 2002

The dependence on nickel oxide thickness and a ferromagnetic layer thickness in unidirectional and isotropic exchange-coupled NiO/NiFe(Fe) bilayer films was investigated by magnetic force microscopy to better understand the relation between magnetic domain structure and exchange biasing at microscopic length scales. As the NiO thickness increased, the domain structure of unidirectional biased films formed smaller and more complex in-plane domains. By contrast, for the isotropically coupled films, large domains generally formed with increasing NiO thickness including a cross type domain with out-of plane magnetization orientation. The density of the cross domain is proportional to exchange biasing field, and the fact that the domain mainly originated from the strongest exchange coupled region was confirmed by imaging in an applied external field during a magnetization cycle.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.50-54
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• 2000

NiMn-pinned spin valve films consisting of a layered glass/NiFe/Co/Cu/Co/NiFe/NiMn/Ta stack were made by do magnetron sputtering. After deposition, the structure was annealed in a series of cycles each including three hours at $220^\circ C, 2\times10^{-6}$ Torr, in a field of 350 Oe, to create an ordered antiferromagnetic structure in the NiMn layer and produce a strong unidirectional pinning field in the pinned magnetic layer, Optimum spin valve properties were obtained after seven annealing cycles, or 21 hours at $220^\circ C$, and were : MR ratio 1%, exchange coupling field 620 Oe, and coercivity of pinned layer 250 Oe. The exchange coupling field remained constant up to an operating temperature of $175^\circ C$, and the blocking temperature was about $380^\circ C$.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.132-136
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• 2002

유리기관 위에 이온 빔 증착(ion beam deposition ; IBD)법으로 제작한 버퍼층(buffer layer) Si의 두께에 따른 ［NiFe/FeMn/NiFe］3층박막의 결정성과 교환결합세기(exchange bias field ; H$_{ex}$)를 조사하였다. 버퍼층 Si는 NiFe층을 fcc(111)로 매우 우세하게 초기에 결정성장 시켰다. Si/NiFe 위의 증착된 FeMn층은 ${\gamma}$-fcc(111)구조로 성장함에 따라 안정되고 큰 H$_{ex}$를 가졌고, 버퍼 110 Oe로 거의 일정하였으며, 상부 FeMn/NiFe 이중구조의 H$_{ex}$는 300 Oe까지 증가하였다. 버퍼층이 Ta일 경우와 비교해서 Si일 때 H$_{ex}$와 결정성이 향상되었다.이 향상되었다.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.245-250
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• 2012

Ferromagnetic resonance and X-ray specular reflectivity measurements were performed on $Ni_{81}Fe_{19}/Ir_{20}Mn_{80}/Co_{90}Fe_{10}$ exchange bias trilayers, which were grown using the pulsed-DC magnetron sputtering technique on Si(100)/$SiO_2$(1000 nm) substrates, to investigate the evolution of the interface roughness and exchange bias and their dependence on the NiFe layer thickness. The interface roughness values of the samples decrease with increasing NiFe thickness. The in-plane ferromagnetic resonance measurements indicate that the exchange bias field and the peak-to-peak line widths of the resonance curves are inversely proportional to the NiFe thickness. Furthermore, both the exchange bias field and the interface roughness show almost the same dependence on the NiFe layer thickness. The out-of plane angular dependent measurements indicate that the exchange bias arises predominantly from a variation of exchange anisotropy due to changes in interfacial structure. The correlation between the exchange bias and the interface roughness is discussed.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.14-17
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• 2002

Magnetic multilayers of a ferromagnetic (FM)/insulator (I)/ferromagnetic (FM) structure have been studied to investigate magnetic exchange coupling between two FM layers. As the Mumetal $(Ni_{77}Fe_{14}Mo_{5}Cu_4$ wt%) growth temperature increases, the grain size and the surface roughness increase simultaneously. The smallest coupling field is obtained at $40^\circ{C}$ where the grain size is larger than that of the $20^\circ{C}$ sample. The exchange coupling field increases again at temperatures higher than $40^\circ{C}$ due to increase in the surface roughness of the Mumetal.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.159-162
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• 2008

자기변형(magnetostriction) 현상은 외부 온도와 자기장이 변할 때 자성체의 모양이나 부피가 변하는 현상이다. 반강자성을 갖는 희토류 원소와 화합물에서의 관측되는 자기변형 현상은 결정장에 의한 결정장 변형(crystal-field striction)과 교환상호작용에 의한 교환 변형(exchange striction)으로 잘 설명할 수 있음이 알려져 있다. 이 해설 논문에서는 결정장과 교환 상호작용을 포함하는 자기변형 표준이론에 대하여 논의하고자 한다.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.50-54
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 교환 결합력을 갖는 CoFe/MnIr 박막 재료의 각도에 따른 강자성 공명 선폭 변화 특성을 분석하였다. 선폭의 최대 및 최소값은 교환 결합력에 의한 일방 이방성의 자화 곤란축 및 용이축 방향에서 각각 관측되었으며, 고정된 MnIr의 스핀에 의한 교환 바이어스 자기장의 각도 의존성과 일치하였다. 따라서, 최대 선폭은 고정된 MnIr 스핀의 반대 방향에서 자기장 방향으로 꼬여있는(twist) CoFe의 자화에 기인한다. 한편, CoFe 단일 박막에 비하여 증가된 최소 선폭은 각도 의존성이 없는 회전 이방성 자기장과 관련되며, 선폭 증가의 원인은 MnIr 입도의 자화 용이축 분포 특성으로 설명된다.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.66-69
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• 2006

Local magnetization reversal in the exchange-biased NiFe/FeMn and $[Pd/Co]_5/FeMn$ multilayers with in-plane and out-of-plane magnetic anisotropy was achieved by using laser annealing. The local annealed NiFe/FeMn film under the opposite magnetic field shows a magnetoresistance (MR) curve having two symmetric peaks at the positive and negative exchange biasing field (${\pm}H_{ex}$). The intensity of the nucleated MR peak rises as the exposed area extends during the laser annealing process, and the peak disappears under the reverse magnetic field. In the case of [Pd/Co]/FeMn films, the local magnetization reversal increased gradually as the laser power increases. The locally reversed magnetization was restored under the opposite magnetic field.