TY - JOUR
T1 - Magnetic relaxation of exchange biased PtCo multilayers studied by time-resolved Kerr microscopy
AU - Romanens, F.
AU - Pizzini, S.
AU - Yokaichiya, F.
AU - Bonfim, M.
AU - Pennec, Y.
AU - Camarero, J.
AU - Vogel, J.
AU - Sort, J.
AU - Garcia, F.
AU - Rodmacq, B.
AU - Dieny, B.
PY - 2005/10/1
Y1 - 2005/10/1
N2 - Magnetization relaxation of exchange-biased (PtCo)5PtIrMn multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy was investigated by time-resolved Kerr microscopy. Magnetization reversal occurs by nucleation and domain wall propagation for both descending and ascending applied fields, but a much larger nucleation density is observed for the descending branch, where the field is applied antiparallel to the exchange bias field direction. These results can be explained by taking into account the presence of local inhomogeneities of the exchange bias field. © 2005 The American Physical Society.
AB - Magnetization relaxation of exchange-biased (PtCo)5PtIrMn multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy was investigated by time-resolved Kerr microscopy. Magnetization reversal occurs by nucleation and domain wall propagation for both descending and ascending applied fields, but a much larger nucleation density is observed for the descending branch, where the field is applied antiparallel to the exchange bias field direction. These results can be explained by taking into account the presence of local inhomogeneities of the exchange bias field. © 2005 The American Physical Society.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.134410
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.134410
M3 - Article
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 72
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 13
M1 - 134410
ER -