The phenomenology of exchange bias and related effects in nanostructures is reviewed.
The types of systems discussed include: lithographically fabricated ferromagnetic (FM) …

Micromagnetics has been the method of choice to interpret experimental data in the area of
microscopic magnetism for several decades. In this article, we show how progress has been …

The observation of magnetic domains by magneto-optical microscopy, based on the Kerr
and the Faraday effect, is one of the most prominent techniques for the visualization of …

This book emerged from a close collaboration of the authors which started in the fall of 2000.
Early that year one of us (JS) had joined the Stanford faculty after spending nearly 15 years …

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 …

We investigate the magnetization reversal in [Co (4 Å)∕ Pt (7 Å)] 50 multilayers with
perpendicular magnetic anisotropy both macroscopically by the first-order reversal curve …

We present an overview of the critical issues of current interest in magnetic and
magnetoelectronic materials. A broad demonstration of the successful blend of materials …

The magnetization reversal in exchange-biased ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic (FM-AFM)
bilayers is investigated. Different reversal pathways on each branch of the hysteresis loop …

A model is presented for coercivity in polycrystalline exchange-bias bilayers. It includes two
contributions for their enhanced coercivity, inhomogeneous reversal, and irreversible …