Modern applications for thin film magnets involve unique requirements for the control and
design of specific magnetic properties. The exchange bias effect in ferromagnet …

abstract The exchange bias effect, discovered more than fifty years ago, is a fundamental
interfacial property, which occurs between ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic materials …

Owing to their reduced dimensions, the magnetic properties of ultrathin magnetic films and
multilayers, eg magnetic anisotropies and exchange coupling, often depend strongly on the …

A pure magnetic patterning by means of ion irradiation which relies on a local modification of
the magnetic anisotropy of a magnetic multilayer structure has been first demonstrated in …

We study the structural properties of Pt/Co/Pt systems submitted to He+ ion irradiation, in
order to understand why the magnetic anisotropy can be decreased in a controlled way. It is …

Both the direction and the strength of the exchange bias field H eb of an FeNi/FeMn double
layer are manipulated locally by He ion irradiation in an applied magnetic field. The …

Co/Pt multilayers can exhibit large perpendicular anisotropies and coercivities that are very
sensitive to the quality of the Co/Pt interfaces. We have characterized the dependence of …

In (Pt/Co) n/FeMn multilayers, the magnitude of exchange bias, HE, can be considerably
enhanced by placing an ultrathin nonmagnetic Pt spacer between the multilayer ML and the …

NiO/Ni wires have been investigated as a function of their width in order to investigate the
size dependence of exchange bias. The samples have been prepared by e-beam …

Experimentally an asymmetry of the reversal modes has been found in certain exchange
bias systems. From a numerical investigation of the domain state model evidence is gained …